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MINUTES May 19, 1999 9 BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> Mr. Ball continued, "Then you have your days off. In other words if we were to, <br /> whatever the Board wants to do, for example if we were to say to you guys, instead of <br /> Thursday off, you are off Sunday. That means it's closed and well be hung by the <br /> residents of the Town." <br /> Mr. Michael DiMaggio stated, "If I could speak as a resident now, Steve, or to the <br /> Board, excuse me. The contractors keep the dump open. Also it stipulates in the <br /> contract or the RFP when the dump is to be open and when it is to be closed. Now <br /> you are going to tell us residents that we can't go to the dump on Sundays because <br /> under the current contract the job is not being done. Who's responsibility is it to be <br /> sure the job can be done? You put out an RFP to experienced people who knew what <br /> they were doing, knew how to bid the job, knew what needed to be done. Moe knew <br /> what needed to be done. It should be done. We shouldn't have to pay as residents. <br /> We should not have to not be able to go to the dump on Sundays. Again, there you go. <br /> There would be another issue and the rest of the town would be..." <br /> Mr. Ball responded, "Not that I'm in favor of doing that. But if the RFP is clear two <br /> trailers and one back-up and if they are full and it's a Sunday, what do you do? You <br /> can't pile it up because then it's a health issue." <br /> Mr. Michael DiMaggio responded, "Well, the RFP stated minimums of what needed to <br /> be done. It also stated the job that needed to be done. A minimum of two or three, I'm <br /> not going to argue about that, a minimum of whatever was supposed to be there to get <br /> the job done. It didn't say you can't have four. You should have known, I would <br /> think, as a contractor in that field, you should have known what you needed. And <br /> we're not going from day one. I mean my Dad had the contract for a long time and of <br /> course everything changes. It's changed a lot since the day's fifteen years ago when <br /> we started. But we were up with those changes. We did not have a bad record with <br /> Weston & Sampson who has been there for fifteen years. We still have the records in <br /> the office of the good reports. Every year. Times change, things need to be changed <br /> and it was our job to know that." <br /> Mr. Ball added, "Okay. Go ahead Nick." <br /> Mr. Nick DiMaggio stated, "The contract stated that these are minimums. That's the <br /> key word. You need a minimum to have a quorum and that doesn't mean that once <br /> you reach a quorum you aren't going to let anyone else through the door. That's there <br /> problem." <br /> Mr. Esper stated, "Can we stop talking about contractual things that are really... if <br /> that's the way the Board feels and wants to proceed then we will just get our lawyers <br /> to talk with your lawyers and well just work the deal out." <br /> Mr. Ball stated, "I think at this point right now, Raymond, the full Board has all the <br /> information what way to go, how you feel, how previous bidders feel and I think well <br /> discuss it and make a decision based on all of the information that we have. Whatever <br /> decision we make, we have to make it very soon." <br />