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building is currently being us
ed rent-free.
Following Mrs. Johnson's
second, board member William
Mitchell turned to Ramsey and
asked, “Mr. Ramsey, would
you have us a jam-up building
for $93,0007"
“Well, it's the way I bid it,"
the contractor replied.
Cook spoke again before the
vote was cast.
“SNAGGLE"
b lzlou remember, we had
asked Mr. Hayes to have us
some plans and estimates
ready when we sold the
sui)erintendent‘s building (in
July). He didn’t have them and
it's been one snaggle after
another.”
Still before the vote was
cast, visitor Jerry Burton,
Subl‘idgna. stood to address the
board.
“It sounds like a bi
mistake to me,"” Burton saicf
“You've asked a man to resign
(Superintendent Hayes was
asked to resign by unanimous
board vote in the December
board meeting) because he
made a mistake for SSOO. (Bur
ton referred to the SSOO raise
Hayes gave a maintenance
man last year without board
approval. However, that was
not the reason given by the
board in asking for H’;yes’
resignation in December).
“You all made a mistake,
and I just can't let it go at that.
You opened bids ams gave the
bid to Mr. Ramsey. He can
carry you to court and still
build the office.”
Mitchell replied, “We did
ask Mr. Hayes to resign, but it
wasn’'t because of SSOO. We
asked him to resign because he
didn't follow procedures.”
“We're getting away from
the point,” Cook interjected.
“This is a called meeting and
we can only discuss the three
items on the agenda.” |
Cook asked RamseK at that |
point if he would let the board
out of the bid agreement.
Ramsey said he would.
Cooi called a second time
for a vote to approve his mo
tion. The vote was unanimous.
CARS REPLACED
In other business, the board
voted unanimously to replace
two of six cars used by the bus
barn. Bus Supt. Wilburn
Ragland described the six cars
as ‘‘very well used” and re
quested permission to shop
locally for two used cars.
The board unanimously air
roved allowing princlra S
%avid Jones and Mike Poole to
exchange two weeks of sum
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time for two weeks of vacation
time quilring Octoabler of this
ear. The principals’ request
Xvas t,abledp at tge Dec%qmber
meeting. Jones and Poole plan
to take a guided hunting trip to
- Wyoming in October.
WORKED HARD
“Both of these principals
worked extra during their sum
mer time off while construction
was underway at their
schools,” Cook said. ‘‘Since we
did not pay them for their time,
we shouldy allow them to take
the trip. If a principal is runn
ing his job right, his assistant
principal should be able to take
over and run the school for two
weeks. It would be different for
a teacher to make the same re
quest because it is difficult for
a substitute to take over a
class for that long.” |
Cook introduced the new
school board attorney, Carlton
Vines, to the 26 visitors
assembled at the meeting.
Hayes presented several
items for information only
which would be discussed at
the next monthly meeting.
“The school budfet was ap
proved by the state last week,”
Hayes said. **A bus driver has
resigned and will be replaced.
The high school has requested
a new buffer which will cost
between SBOO to $1,000.”
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Duke Says Board
Actions Not Fair
By KAY ABBOTT
Staff Writer
Charles Duke joined several
other local contractors in
detailing problems with plans
for a new anrd office at a call
ed meeting of the Chattooga
County Board of Education
this week.
Prior to the meeting, he
described to The News what he
felt were specific deficiencies
with the drawings and
specifications given contrac
tors for bidding.
“There cannot be a price
difference from $93,000 to
$189,000 without there being
something wrong,” he said.
STANDARD
Duke said that the
specifications provided were
pages of standard codes which
could be used for almost any
building, but were not specific
enough to bid. Duke said the
specifications, or ‘‘specs” were
Erobably used for another
uilding and copies made for
this project.
“The¥l said they wanted
carpet throughout, but they
also. have specs for two dif
ferent kinds of floor tile,” Duke
said. “There is nothing to in
dicate which rooms they want
tiled and which carpeted. I
would think they would want
the maintenance bay to have a
plain cement floor and a garage
type door, but there is no in
dication of either. It doesn’t
specify if they want the
heating system pad-mounted
or overhead in tlla)e ceiling. It
could mean a lot of difference
in the amount of duct work
that goes in.”
WINDOWS, DOORS?
Duke said that from the
drawing, it was impossible to
tell what size windows and
doors to use and exactly where
they would be placed.
“The clearest specs were on
how many electrical recep
tacles and lights to put in each
room,”’ Duke said. *'That was
pretty clear.”
“'the plan doesn't say how
big the parking space would be
or how far the sidewalks go
around the building. The dif
ference in grading could make
thousands of dollars of dif
ference in the cost.” |
Duke said he purposely held
back his comments at the Jan.
12 board meeting until after
the bids were opened. ;
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“1 waited for a reason,”
Duke said. “*lf they never had
voted on it, they could have
tabled the whole thing. Once
we let them vote on it, they had
to admit they were wrong. I'm
not out to slight anybody, but
I wanted the public to know
the situation.”
Duke said there was some
concern by local contractors
over the board's practice of let
ting jobs out on a cost-plus
basis without bids.
“Even on jobs not put out
for bids, that are let on cost
plus, any of the contractors in
town would love to have a cost
plus job,” he said. ““There was
some $40,000 profit made off
the last job like that (the 1986
summer renovation. and air
conditioning project at Sum
merville E%ement.ary School
contracted by Bill Ramsey and
Bill's Heating and Cooling).
“NOT FAIR”
“If he (Ramsey) works for
them, (the board of education),
then he might understand
enough of wEaL they wanted
from those plans,” Duke said.
“It’s not fair to the rest of us.
To anybody knowledgeable
about building, the bid of
$93,000 would not even cover
the cost per square foot. It
comes to $23.48 per square foot
for 3,960 square feet; that's
below cost.
“I'm not trying to start any
trouble with anybody, but if
we're going to spend our tax
dollars, we shouf()i at least be
able to bid competitively so we
can get the best deal for the
county."”
Powell Seeking Jail Food
Bids For Second Time
For the second time in two
months, Chattooga County
Commissioner Harry Powell is
seeking new bids on meals for
inmates at the county jail.
Advertising for the bids
started this week in The News.
Proposals are scheduled to be
opened at 10 a.m. Thursday,
Jan. 29, in Powell's office.
Sharon Huskey, a secretary
in the commissioner's office,
said the wording of the original
ad — which ran last Dec. 11
and 18 — apparently was not
clear to some bidders. Bids on
jail food had been opened last
week, on Jan. 13, as a result of
the original December ads.
NO ERROR
One news media report that |
The News had made a mistake !
in the ad, thus requiring the
county to seek new bids, was |
not accurate. A check of the
ads which ran Dec. 11 and 18
showed them to be identical
with the copy provided by
Powell's office.
The next-to-the-last
paragraph in the ad this week
ap?ears to be the onl{ substan
tial difference from the ad that
ran last December. |
In the December ad, Com- |
missioner Powell said, **! would |
like to bring to your attention
that the request for sealed bids ,
at the Chattooga County Jail |
did not include the provider |
would furnish drinkir:f cups, |
eating utensils and individual |
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the service. The service would |
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be on a 90-day afreement
which would include all
holidays."
NEW AD
The paragraph in the ad
this week reagz: as follows: “All
food delivered to Chattooga
County Jail for the inmates on
ly willy be under the specifica
tion of drinks as well as food.
A 7 Oz. foam cup may be used
for coffee, milk or tea, along
with crushed ice for tea, coffee
creamer for coffee, and milk, if
desired. Plastic spoons and in
dividual packets of salt and
pepper together with the
plastic container mentioned
above will be furnished by the
bidder.”
The Dec. 21, 1984 federal
court order under which the jail
is operated said ‘‘coffee, tea or
milE shall be made available to
be served with breakfast; cof
fee or tea shall be served with
dinner . . . All foods shall be
served at appropriate
temperatures in covered plastic
containers . . . No eating uten
sils shall be reused unless they
are first sterilized..."” The
order was signed by U.S.
District Court Judge Harold
Murphy and came as the result
of a lawsuit filed by two in
mates at the jail on behalf of
themselves and other
prisoners.
BIDS |
The Round Table
restaurant, Pennville, submit
ted the apparent low bid last
week. It was $2.15 per meal per
inmate each day.
The current contractor,
Jim’s Drive-In, Summerville,
submitted a bid of $2.20 per in
mate per day per meal. That
bid said spoons, cups and in
dividual salt ang Ylepper
Fackets would be supplied for
ive cents per meal extra.
Wometco Food Services,
Trion, submitted a bid of $2.62
for each meal.
R&M Cafeteria, Highland
Avenue, Summerville, submit
ted a bid of $4.35 per meal.
The jail meal incident is the
latest in a series dating back to
spring, 1986. At that time, the
commissioner decided to end
the practice of a local
restaurant pre']]Jaring the meals
and to have them prepared at
the Public Works Camp.
COMPLAINTS
However, inmates soon
began complaining about the
food and he advertised for bids
in June, 1986. A contract was
awarded by Powell at that time
to Jim's Drive-In through the
end of 1986.
Some Cobb County
prisoners housed at the jail
complained about the food last
August but Sheriff Gary
Mcéonnell said at the time
that he thought those com
plaints weren't justified. No
complaints have been voiced
about the food to the news
media since that time.
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