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Low Bidder Withdraws Because Of Error
Bids Total Over $1-Million On Job
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"That will have to be resolved,
but I don’t know how the com
missioners will do that," Clary
said.
A1 Horetz, city engineer,
suggested that the wording In
the EDA grant application might
be the solution. He said the EDA
program urges the employment
of local people fmd should the
board decide to honor that,
then the Shelby firm would
receive the contract.
Clary was asked should the
commissioners move quickly on
the matter, how soon would the
contractors be on the job. Clary
said it Is possible "the work
could begin within 80 days.”
When asked how soon It would
be finished. Clary said,
"generallv contracts of this type
allow the contractor 865 days
with a request the Job be com
pleted under that time limit."
Clary said he has also been
able to clear up the question of
whether or not there la a time
limit on the Job set by the EDA.
"When the grant is approved and
the city receives notification,
they have 90 days to begin work
on the site. However, with the
site preparation contract being
let to Bradley Jenkins of
Gastonia earlier this year, the
city had honored Its contract
with EDA. The agency sets no
time limit on when the Job has to
be completed."
Back in April Clary said he felt
that If the contracts could be
awarded by mid-summer the Job
could have been completed by
Senior
Citizens
To Appiy
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Chrlstmas. Thursday he said the
middle of April 1978 looks like a
good bet for completion of the
new city hall, provided the
weather cooperates.
Thursday Commissioner Jim
Childers felt confident the
matter of awarding the contracts
would be on Monday night’s
board agenda. The Mirror-
Herald goes to press prior to the
conclusion of the Monday night
meetings. Any actions on the
matter will be reported In
Thursdgy morning’s edition.
During the bid meeting last
Thursday there were 11 firms
submitting bids on the general
construction contract; five
bidders on the mechanical
contract; seven plumbing
contractors; and five on the
electrical contract.
On the general contract the
bids ranged from $749,000 to
$606,686; on the mechanical
contract bids ranged from
$166,932 to $128,300; Bids on the
plumbing contract ranged from
$117,400 to $47,700 (two firms bid
$47.'700);, and bids on the elec
trical contract were $106,480 to
$96,795.
Low bidder on general was
Brittain Construction Co. of
Spartanburg, S. C.; on
mechanical, Southern Comfort
of Charlotte; plumbing, a tie
between Southern Comfort and
Hoyle Plumbing Co. of Shelby;
and electrical, Caldwell Electric
Co. of Newton.
The highest bid also came
from the company the farthest
from Kings Mountain, Nasuf
Plumbing Co. of Holbrook, N. Y.
— $117,400. AU other bidders
were from North and South
Carolina.
The total low bid on all four
city hall ccHitracts was $890,481.
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Q’TY HALL BIDS RECEIVED - A roomful of
construction firm bidders were on hand here last
Thursday afternoon to hear Charlotte architect
Moodye Clary read out the bids for general,
mechanical, plumbing and electrical contracts on
the new Kings Mountain Governmental Services
Photo By Tom McIntyre.
Facilities Building. In background Clary hands
bid Information across to City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel. At the table also, from left, are City
Engineer A1 Moretz, Commissioner Jim Childers.
To Clary’s left Is John Brown of Peterson-Clfuy
Architects.
Rent Aid^ Program Explained TonigM
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arrangements
sportation.
The Crisis Intervention
Program was signed Into effect
on May 4, 1977 by President
Carter to help relieve part of the
energy cost burden of the poor
and elderly as a result of the
recent severe winter and
escalating energy prices. The
federal budget for this progrsm
Is $200 million. North Carolina’s
share Is $4,020,000 and Cleveland
County’s allocation Is $58,616.
"The only problem with this
program," Rev. George said, “is
that we have been given no
guidelines to follow as to who Is
eligible to apply and who Is not.
The Cleveland County Social
Services Is handling the program
for the county and that’s where
we will take our senior citizens
today.
"We’ll Just have to let the
people make application blindly,
not knowing whether they will
even be considered for aid,” he
continued. ”We urge our elderly
to call us today so we can make
T arrangements for tran
sportation.”
The deadline for making ap-
plication Is Wed., Aug. 81.
A public meeting Is scheduled
tonight at 7:80 at city hall to
explain the new Section 8 Rent
Supplement For Existing
Housing In Kings Mountain.
being
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Earl Honeycutt, coordinator of
the Section 8 program for
Isothermal Planning and
Development Commission, and
Delores Dedmon, coordinator of
the program for Kings Mountain,
will explain the guidelines of the
program.
Photo By Tom McIntyre
TO EXPLAIN PROGRAM - Delores Dedmon
and Earl Honeycutt, coordinators of the
Isothermal Planning and Development Com
mission — Section 8 Rent Supplement program,
will explain guidelines at tonight’s public meeting
at city hall.
Tenants of rental housing ar.d
landlords and any Interested
citizens are urged to attend this
meeting since It means pumping
as much as around $200,000 Into
this community In the next five
years.
Honeycutt told The Mirror-
Herald, "This program Is
designed to help a landlord
receive a fair market rent for his
units by supplementing the
payments now being made by
the renter. It also means the
renter Is helped to live In a
standard and maintained home
because the landlord can receive
additional monies for this pur
pose.”
Landlords who qualify under
the program guidelines are con
tractually bound to maintain
their rental property. An annual
spot check will be made to
assure the contract Is
honored.
The program will accept
applications from all citizens
who meet the low income
guidelines and will accept ap-
pllcatlansfrom all landlords who
maintain rental units that meet
the city’s and HUD’s standards.
The Section 8 program offers
the local coordinators a fair rent
limit baaed on the number of
rooms In rental units, according
to Honeycutt.
"We will accept appllcatlona
from all interested Kings
Mountlana, but there will only be
a certain number of appllcatlona
approved,” Honeycutt said.-
’’And we want people to bear in
mind that first come will not
necessarily be first served If the;
applicant falls to quaUfy for'
some reason."
Honeycutt said that all ap
plicants, tenants and landlords,
and the person Interviewing
them will be the only people
aware of who is participating in
the program.
The rent supplement program
will be administered In Kings
Mountain from an office at the
Depot Center, which will be open
Tuesdays and ’Thursdays only
from 1-4 p. m. Ms. Dedmon will
handle the workload In the city
from this office.
Z&P Board Meets, Appoints A Chairman
By TOM MCINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
Kings Mountain Zoning and Planning Board
members had only three Items on their August
agenda when they met last Thursday night at city
haU.
R'jt before the meeting could be called to order
the five board members present had to elect a
temporary chairman to handle the proceedings.
Wilson Griffin, who served the board for many
years as secretary, was named to the temporary
chair. A1 Moretz, secretary to the board, ex
plained that Bob Bob Maner had resigned as
chairman.
"Maner has been appointed as temporary
chairman by Mayor (John) Moss,” Moretz said.
"I wasn’t aware until today (Thursday) that
Manor had resigned.”
Donald Blanton nominated Griffin and Griffin
nominated Fred Plonk, who has served as
chairman tat the past. Plonk said, "I’m not a
candidate. In fact I’ve been In doubt whether the
city needed us at all."
Plonx was referring to several overturned ZAP
recommendations on rezonlng by the board of
commissioners.
During agenda action the board voted to
recommend approval of a request from W. James
Carpenter, 102 N. Dllllng St., to rezone his
property from NB (Neighborhood Business) to
R-8 (’Two-Family Rfsldentlal).
Carpenter explained In his request that his
property was zoned R-8 until 1876 when new
zoning maps were approved. He said at that time
the zoning was changed to NB. He said he wanted
the lot zoned R-8 ”to be compatible with adjacent
zoning.”
The second Item was a request from Mrs. J. M.
Rhea and Mrs. Thomas Wyte to rezone a 224 by 120
foot lot on the south side of Hwy. 74 west from R-20
(Suburban Residential) to NB.
The board also approved recommending this
request be honored. Mrs. Wyte plims to open an
expanded arts and crafts shop on the property.
She currently operates Joy’s Arts and Crafts
adjacent to Wilson TV off Phifer Rd.
Mrs. Rhea questioned the discussion of ”a
public hearing” on the matter, stating, "I thought
that’s what we were here tonight for.”
Griffin explained that the ZAP Board only
checks rezonlng requests and property maps and
land use plans to make sure the city’s zoning laws
are being conformed with. ”We make recom-
mendatlons to either approve or deny a request to
the city commissioners who have the, final
word," Griffin said. "But all matters of this type,
by law, must be discussed In a public hearing to
give citizens a chance to endorse or disagree with
the proposal."
The third Item was a request from Roger and
Kay Quin to rezone the former Byers Floor
Covering property on the north side of Hwy. 74
west from R-10 (Single Family Residential) to R-6
(Multi-Family Residential).
The Quins plsn to turn the former floor
covering building Into a couple of three bedroom
apartments on the second level and an efficiency
apartment on the ground level. ’There la a
home on the lot which will be ranted to a "ingi*
family. The apartments will be for famine .lan
Ouln said, "Sometime In the future we hope
to build a duplex apartment on the property also.”
There la a metal workshop on the property
which Qidn said he plans to tear down.
The board voted to recommend the city com
missioners approve the Quin rezonlng requests.
The next scheduled meeting of the ZAP board Is
Thun., Sept. 16 at 8 p. m. at dty hall.
Present at Thunday meeting were Plonk,
Qiiffln, Blanton, Paul Owens and Joe Nelslsr Jr.
Absent were Mn. Laura Hauser, J. E. Herndon,
Jr. ’Ihomao ’Tats, L. L. Adams and Qaiy Sarvls.