County to Take Bids for Center
The Glasscock County
Commissioners’ Court reviewed final plans for a community center building at
its regular meeting March 12 and decided to advertise for bids. Bids for the
project will be opened and read aloud on April 10 at 2 p.m. in County Judge
Wilburn Bednar’s office. Gary Vandergriff, the project architect, will then
study the bids until April 17, at which time he will recommend to the court the
bidder he believes should be chosen. The court, which is not required to follow
his recommendation, will award the contract April 17.
The septic system for the building has
been designed so that no additional property is necessary. A septic line will
run underground from the building to a drain field southwest of the baseball
field. Vandergriff said the drain field will be deep enough that it will not
interfere with parking outside the ball field. The septic tanks will be buried
outside the east fence of the ball field and a small area there will be
unavailable for parking.
Vandergriff said if necessary, some
money could be saved by changing the kitchen equipment from the planned
“low-end commercial” grade to “household” grade, or by spending less
than planned for the public address system. But, he said he would not personally
authorize reducing the capacity of the septic system from that recommended by an
engineer in order to save money.
Court Accepts Bid for Jail Roof
The court went back to the
original bids of Feb. 12 for a new jail roof and voted unanimously to award the
contract to Coffman Roofing ($18,310 with a 10-year warranty). The other bidder
was Clifton Roofing, with an original bid of $31,000 and a seven-year warranty,
which was changed to $26,000, and a ten-year warranty at the March 12 court
meeting.
According to Bednar, David Higgins of
Coffman Roofing was not willing to change his original bid and bid the new specs
as drawn by Darrell Johnson of Clifton Roofing because Higgins felt the more
expensive changes were unnecessary, and would not provide the best roof for the
building.
The court discussed three bids for a
new sheriff’s car, and decided to let Sheriff Royce “Booger” Pruit choose
between the lowest two, because of differences in equipment. The bids were: Bob
Brock Ford $22,341, Ivy Motor $22,392 and White Motor $23,300.
Tisha
Burnett is New Jailer
The court went into closed session to
discuss personnel and then voted unanimously to pay Tisha Burnett $100 per month
jailer’s salary. The court also agreed to pay her a contract salary, for
“services under the supervision of the sheriff.” According to Dierschke, the
contract salary is to be equal to her insurance premium, the amount of which has
not yet been determined.
The court also voted to do away with
time sheets for employees of the sheriff’s department, since that department
is exempt from time sheets due to the number of employees. However, Valeria
Hoelscher and Nancy Hillger will continue to fill out time sheets like other
county employees (except elected officials), since they are officially employees
of the tax assessor-collector, not the sheriff.
The court voted unanimously to allow Cypert Garage to put a rebuilt engine into a fire truck, based on his estimated cost of $13,583, assuming commissioners could clarify a few points. The other estimate ($17,300) was from West Texas CAT.
County Treasurer Alan Dierschke was
authorized to change the timing of the county’s health insurance premium
payments in order to meet deadlines with the Texas Association of Counties.