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STAFF PHOTO BY DO*l C GURCANUS
Got It!
Trey Raker, 6, of Shallotte catches a grounder under blue skies
Sunday afternoon. The field behind the apartment complex where
he lives is a great place for budding baseball stars to practice.
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into
SPRING
with a beautiful new home &
march out with savings!
CHOICENTER'
Wavne Culberlson. RHS
Wayne Culbertson, RHS
.Ann Brown, RHS
HOMES BY ANN
Hwy. 17 N., Shallotte, 754-5147
Final Water Bids
Soak
Up Previous Savings
BY TFRRY POPE
Final bids for Brunswick
County's Phase III capital improve
ments water project to Shallot te
Point and Seaside came in higher
than expected, but still within the
budget for the project.
Brunswick County Commissio
ners Monday awarded contracts for
another million in work as part
of the overall S7.4 million project.
However, Monday's bids were
about S75().(XX) higher than county
officials had anticipated. The work
includes construction of a pumping
station and elevated storage tank at
Shallotte Point.
"We had done really good up un
til this point," said County Manager
David Clegg. "We were stunned."
The project had been divided into
three sections for bids? one to in
stall water lines from Shallotte to
Seaside; one to install main trans
mission lines lo Shallotte Point; and
one to construct the water tank and
pumping station.
As originally planned, the project
would have cost an estimated S10
million. Engineers had later estimat
ed it to be an 58 million project.
Based on low bids for the previous
two sections, the county had antici
pated cutting about SI million from
the overall price tag.
"Even with this overage, the
whole thing slill came in under bud
get," said Clcgg.
Contracts were given Monday to:
T.A. Loving Co. for general con
struction, $2,140,000; Barnes and
Powell Electrical Co., $218,000; and
Snccdcn Inc. for heat, air and
plumbing, S94,4(X).
The price of the project is $6.9
million in construction plus bonding
costs, for a total figure of $7.4 mil
lion.
Other Business
In other business Monday, com
missioners:
?Voted to seek bios from private
firms for the 199-1 property tax
revaluation and to decide April 6
whether to accept the low bid or
conduct an estimated $600,000 in
housc job using tax office employ
ees. By June 1994, the county must
update market values for more than
90,000 parcels of land.
?Heard from Silas Smith of Bolivia,
who asked for an ordinance requiring
out-of-state roadside produce vendors
to purchase privilege licenses. The
county has no ordinance while Horry
County, S.C., sets a foe of S300 for
such vendors, said Smith.
"It's Brunswick County people
here '.hat are in the business that
they arc hurting," said Smith.
Clcgg will investigate and report
to the board March 16.
?Accepted a plaque from Tina
Pritchard of the Brunswick County
Parks and Recreation Department
for the board's support of the 300 or
more athletes who participate in the
Special Olympics program.
?Endorsed the Southeastern Dialy
sis Center of Wilmington's permit
application to open a satellite treat
ment office either at The Brunswick
Hospital in Supply or in Shallottc.
Brunswick County currently has 21
patients who receive dialysis treat
ments bccause their kidneys no
longer function, said William P.
Nixon, chief executive officer for
the center. No other provider has ap
plied tc open a facility in the county.
?Hired Brock, Padgett and Chandler
to perform an audit of county records
during the 1991-92 fiscal year. The
Wilmington firm has conducted the
previous two annual audits.
?Accepted a $9,310 weathcrization
grant and a S75,(XM) Energy Rehab
ilitation Conservation grant, both
from the state, for the Brunswick
County Public Housing Agency.
?Set a maximum fee of S7 for li
censed Brunswick County nursing
and rest homes that want to adopt
pets from the Brunswick County
Animal Shelter in Supply for patient
therapy.
?Designated the Region O Cape
Fear Council of Governments as the
county's lead agency for coordinat
ing aging services grants from the
state and appointed District 3 Com
missioner Gene Pinkerton, in his ab
sence, to the Block Grant Advisory
Committee. Pinkcrton is the coun
ty's COG representative and had
agreed to the appointment.
?Agreed to discuss the future of the
Keep America Beautiful Board
March 16. Commissioners may dis
solve the present board and appoint
new members, trimming the list
from 12 to six becausc of difficulty
in obtaining quorums for monthly
meetings.
?Accepted a proposal from National
Security Service Inc. of Wilmington
to install home alarm system equip
ment in the 911 communications
building under construction at no
cost to the county. The equipment
will be moved from the sheriff's de
partment.
?Appointed the following: Donald
Gilbert to the Brunswick County
ABC Board to replace George Kel
ly, who resigned; Donna Kritzcr to
the Utility Operations Board to re
place D.V. Jones, who resigned;
Patricia Young to the Brunswick
County Hospital Authority.
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