Delegation of Authority to County Administrator and Budget Amendment – Award of Bid and Execution of Agreement and Approval of Budget Amendment – Construction of Fire Rescue Station No. 3 – Not to Exceed $9,100,000.00

25:50Oh thank you Madam Chairman That would be. You gonna stay up, Andrew? I didn't know if the chief wanted to come up too or not. Yeah, so I just pulled C29 and C thirty. Um this is a delegation of authority to the administ the administrator, which is Mike Karbala now, um, to obviously award the bid and execution of the agreement for fire station three and on C thirty is fire station number eighteen. Um I'm not correct, Andrew, before you jump in. We don't normally do this and delegate that authority,

26:20but obviously we don't want things to be held up. We did a little bit with Ridge Road, delegate the authority to Mr. Biles, doing the same with Mr. Kabbalah. So this does not have to continually come back to the Board of County Commissioners. This allows Mr. Kabbalah to sign off on the obviously any I'll let you go anything to do with that budget in reference to the building. Of that fire station, but I'm not correct.

26:43That's correct, sir. Uh Andrew Baxter, Facilities Management Director. Again, this uh these uh these two fire stations, we don't typically do it this way. We will usually wait till after the bid opening, and then we bring it to the board in in an effort to expedite in every way possible the construction of these fire stations. We are delegating authority. today and then that will then allow us to move expeditiously through that process. How

27:11much time do we think that may save? Months, weeks? Probably

27:14about 30 days to 45 days.

27:16That's a lot.

27:18These were b these were part of the um bond issues that went through in uh twenty eighteen, is that correct?

27:24That's correct, sir.

27:26I'll move for approval.

27:27And I would like to also

27:28say this

27:28is okay under discussion.

27:30Thank you. Uh this is very exciting because the bids actually closed today at one o'clock and one fifteen. So it's very exciting that we can move forward, allowing my carbala to move forward with these without coming back to the board. So thank you.

27:41Yes, ma'am. And um just for those who are here and who are listening, it's um It's all it's uh I'm I'm gonna s probably speak for my fellow commissioners. It's it's It's surprising how slow government goes. But we have to follow all these laws and rules and purchasing and Advertising and Contracts that you think could should be on the road in a regular business environment in a month can take years. So um we're doing everything we can up here to expedite

28:12these um fire stations. And uh so glad we're taking this action today. Could you uh say again where rescue number three and rescue number eighteen is

28:22yes uh they are generally ones in Zephyrhills near Chairman M Cancy Road. Um and then the other is in the Hudson area off State Road fifty four US nineteen or State Road fifty two US nineteen area. Okay.

28:36Well we all know we need help on the west side, so. I um All in favor? Aye.

28:43Thank

28:43you very much.

28:43So we need to do thirty as well. That was for twenty-nine. Move or approve. Um see thirty.

28:48Yeah. Second. Okay. Uh all in favor? Aye. Opposed? All right. And now we have Chief Casson.

28:55And Commissioner Starkey, station three is at Majestic and fifty two.

28:58Majestic. Yeah, thank you.