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Page 4B - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, September 27,2001
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LEE COUNTY
INVITATION TO BID
PARTIAL RENOVATION OF
THE HISTORIC
LEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
The Lee County Board of Commissioners is
accepting sealed written bids from profes
sional and qualified contractors to par
tially renovate the historic lee County
Courthouse in accordance with the con
struction plans and specifications pre
pared by Stantec Architecture Inc. This
partial renovation project generally con
sists of the following:
Building a ramp on the north side of the
building for handicap accessibility.
Converting the existing public restrooms
on the first floor into handicap acces
sible.
Building new public handicap acces
sible restrooms in the Magistrate Court
area.
Repointing the exterior bricks to avoid
water penetration.
Reglazing all windows.
Repainting the entire interior and exterior
paintable surfaces.
Removing the entire old jail area and
constructing anew first floor courtroom in
its place.
Upgrading the building to current life/
safety and fire codes.
Construction plans and specifications are
available at the lee County Clerk's Office,
104 leslie Highway, leesburg, Georgia
31 763 or by calling (229) 759-6000 Monday
through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a
deposit of $75.00 per set. The deposit is
fully refundable to each responsive bidder
if returned in good condition. In addition,
the plans and specifications for this
project are also available in the Dodge
Room located at 1216 Dawson Road in
Albany (436-2458).
If you choose to submit a written bid on
this project, your sealed bid must be
marked, "Sealed Bid - Courthouse Renova
tions" and delivered to the lee County
Clerk's Office at 104 leslie Highway,
leesburg, Georgia 31 763 no later than 4:00
p.m. on Tuesday, October 9, 2001. All bids
will be opened during a public bid open
ing at 4:05 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9,
2001 in the County Clerk's Office. You are
invited to attend this bid opening. No bids
shall be withdrawn for a period of 60 days
after the bid opening.
There will be a pre-bid conference held
on Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at 2:00
p.m. in the second floor courtroom of the
Lee County Courthouse. Attendance at
this conference is MANDATORY for any
General Contractor intending to bid on
this project. Other interested parties may
attend if they so desire. The Owner and
Architect will be present to answer ques
tions that the bidders may have regarding
the contract documents, plans, and
specifications. Bids will not be accepted
from those General Contractors not repre
sented at the pre-bid conference.
Each bidder must include in their sealed
bid, a bid security in the amount of 5% of
the bid amount payable to the lee
County Board of Commissioners from a
company authorized to do business in the
state of Georgia. In addition, the success
ful bidder must submit a 100% perfor
mance bond and 100% payment bond.
The Board of Commissioners will consider
awarding the bid to the lowest responsible
bidder during the commission meeting of
Monday, October 15,2001 beginning at
6:00 p.m. The successful bidder will have
until March 31,2002 to complete this
project or face $100 per calendar day in
liquidated damages. The terms and time
of payment will be monthly.
The Lee County Board of Commissioners
reserves the right to accept or reject any
or all bids received and/or disregard
informalities or irregularities in the bids
received.
9/13, 9/20, 9/27, and 10/4
Twin Oaks Students Of The Week are Parker
McPherson, Alex Rathel and Nicholas Barry. Parker
McPherson is an eight year old third grader. She is
the daughter of Mike and Tracy McPherson. Alex
Rathel is a nine year old fourth grader. Her parents
are Lisa and Joe Rathel. Nicholas Barry is a ten year
old fifth grader. Nicholas’s parents are Kathryn and
Tony Hanson and Karl and Deloris Barry.
Lee County Middle School Seventh Grade Students
of the Week for the Week of September 10-14
pictured on the front row are Patrick Kimbrough and
Courtney Crawford. Pictured on the back row are Alex
Russell and Briana Whitting
5im pfy Discontinues
(SAs) Breakfast
We will no longer be able to serve breakfast
but we want to thank so many of our customers
who supported us. We appreciate your patronage
and sincerely hope this causes no inconvenience.
1588-B Highway 19S 446-0655
City of Smithville
City of Smithville is accepting applications
for full time police officer.
Must be P.O.S.T. certified.
Contact Chief Causey at 846-2101 from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ATTENTION
LEE COUNTY
CITIZENS
The gate across the road that used to go
to Burke’s Ferry has been removed by
temporary restraining order. This road
has been abandoned by the county for
almost 40 years. This is known by the
people who live in the area.
Anyone that is concerned about the
treatment of Lee County citizens and
taxpayers in this situation should contact
their commissioner and voice their opin
ion. What is happening to the landowner
in this situation can and may happen to
you!!!
Wake up Lee County and know the truth.
Paid for by Lee County citizens who
know that this has not been handled
fairly by our local government.
Lee County Elementary School Students of the Week
are Chelsea Miliner, Kaylon Allan, Jonathan Braxton
and Robert Sumners. Chelsea Miliner is an eight year
old third grader. Her parents are Kathy Boyett and
Raddie Miliner. Kaylon Allan is a nine year old fourth
grader. Kaylon’s mother is Marie Allan. Jonathan
Braxton is an 11 year old fifth grader. His parents
are Ed and Wanda Braxton. Robert Sumners is an
eleven year old sixth grader. He is the son of Mary
and Timothy Sumners.
Lee County Participates in
Human Services Task Force
The Southwest Georgia Re
gional Development Center has
established a Human Services
Task Force. Human Service
Agencies from fourteen counties
in Region 10 (Baker, Calhoun,
Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty,
Early, Grady, Lee, Miller,
Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Tho
mas, Worth) have assembled to
address and evaluate successful
human service programs.
The Task Force was designed
to evaluate and replicate success
ful human services initiatives
throughout the region. The RDC
has played a pivotal role in es
tablishing the committee, gather
ing information, and facilitating
the meetings. Many social ser
vice agencies, business leaders,
and faith-based organizations
within the region have partici
pated in this project.
The Task Force will make rec
ommendations to the Regional
Agenda. The final product will
be used in future planning for the
Southwest Georgia region. This
is a six-month project. The first
phase of the project began in
June 2001, with surveys being
distributed throughout the re
gion.
It is important that agencies
providing human services be rep
resented. If your organization,
group or church has not received
a survey, please call the RDC to
day at (229) 522-3552 or Email
us at: swgrdc@surfsouth.com or
contact Lee County's represen
tative: Julie Barnette, LeeFocus
@ (229) 759-3286.
LEE COUNTY
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
JERRY MELTON, APPLICANT (Z01-020) has sub
mitted a petition to the Lee County/Leesburg/
Smithville Planning Commission requesting a
Conditional Use of property to allow a one
time split of property to allow a single family
residence, Property is located on highway 32
West, Leesburg, Georgia.
JERRY SEYMOUR, APPLICANT (Z01-021) has
submitted a petition to the Lee County/Lees-
burg/Smithville Planning Commission request
ing a Conditional Use of property to construct
mini-warehouses. Property is located at the
corner of Cookville Road and Hwy 82, Lees
burg, Georgia.
Exact legal descriptions of the above amend
ments are on file at the Lee County Planning
Commission Office, 108 Leslie Highway, and
may be reviewed along with any other infor
mation regarding these requests between 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lee County/
Leesburg/Smithville Planning Commission will
conduct a public hearing on these requests at
its regular meeting on Tuesday September 25
at 7:00 PM in the Administration Building as
sembly room in Leesburg, Georgia.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Lee County
Board of Commissioners will conduct a public
hearing on these cases, at its workshop meet
ing on Monday October 1, 2001 at 6:00 P.M. in
the Administration Building assembly room in
Leesburg, Georgia,
Meetings of the Planning Commission and the
County Commission are open to the public.
NOTE:
Georgia Law requires that all parties who have
made campaign contributions to any member
of the Board of Commissioners/City Council in
excess of two hundred and fifty dollars
($250.00) within two (2) years immediately
preceding the filing of this request, who desire
to appear at the public hearing in opposition
or support of the application, shall, at least five
(5) days prior to the public hearing, file a
campaign contribution report with the Lee
County/Leesburg/Smithville Planning Commis
sion.
As set forth in the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1992, the Lee County/City of Leesburg/
City of Smithville Governments do not discrimi
nate on the basis of disability, and will assist
citizens with special needs given proper notice
of seven (7) working days. The meeting rooms
and buildings are handicap accessible. For
information, please call (229) 759-6037.
Sept. 20 and 27