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• of residents with the necessary expertise to provide input to the City's health officer and the medical center was discussed. The meeting was recessed from 8 :45 to 9 :05 when it was reconvened to hear I.C. Comstock, City Engineer, discuss the problems he is having trying to get information specific enough to present as Change Order #2 for Street Improvement Project 1976-1. Mr. Comstock told of the difficulties he has encountered in attempting to get the necessary documentation from the contractor, Dunkley Surfacing Company which will justify the contractor's request for payment for work not covered by the contract or Change Order #1. The Engineer said the documents which are attached to his February 17th memorandum to the Council comprised the contractor' s submittal for what he considers to be a partially valid change order which Mr. Comstock said he feels could probably be legally upheld. He therefore was requesting that the Council give specific reaction to the itemization of separate invoices Number 1 through 13 so he could base his approval or disapproval of the charges on their directions . The Mayor said he was opposed to the Council being forced to make judg- ments on all the documents which had been presented feeling the Engineer should get a specific change order from the contractor on which he could make a recommendation to the Council with a specific delineation of those items which the Engineer recognized as ligitimately belonging in the change order. • Councilman Haik and Sundland were of the opinion that each item could be considered individually so some reasonable judgment could be made by the Council inview of the Engineer's insistance that he is unable to secure specific documentation and justification for a change order from the contractor. When Councilman Stauffer asked the Attorney what he would suggest the best method of getting the needed information might be, he replied that the Council could indicate either approval or disapproval of each item submitted to them which would probably force the contractor to "prove up" any item for which they had indicated disapproval . Motion by Mayor Miedtke and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table action on Change Order #2 for Street Improvement Project 1976-1 until the next Council meeting in which time the Manager is to contact the contractor to attempt to get from him a specific request for payment in a logical and justifiable form for review by the City Engineer. Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Comstock left at 9 :30 P.M. The January Police Report was filed. Councilman Stauffer discussed her report on the first meeting of the • Task Force formed by the City Council to study the problems of Chemical Dependency. (5)