CARROLLTON — All five bids submitted for the State Aid project on Highway 430 in Carroll County’s Beat 5 came in higher than County Engineer Robert Willis’ estimate of $284,187.90 for the project.
The Carroll County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Monday to accept the lowest bid of $299,778.50 by J.J. Ferguson.
Project SAP-08(64) is a box culvert with approaches east of Vaiden near the Garrett subdivision, according to Chancery Clerk Sugar Mullins.
He said no date has been set for the start of the project, but it will probably be done in the winter.
Sanitation Department Clerk Dorothy Prewitt gave the monthly report with a list of 65 delinquent accounts. Forty-four were written off. The 21 remaining accounts totaled a little over $4,000 owed.
Those who don’t pay their bills soon won’t be able to legally drive. “If you owe a garbage bill in Carroll County, you can’t get a vehicle tag anywhere in the state,” Prewitt said.
The board voted 5-0 to declare a lengthy list of surplus equipment declared junk so that it can be removed from county inventory. Circuit Clerk Durward Stanton said most of the equipment belongs to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and Beat 5.
The board also approved Stanton’s request that Ben Kimbrough be paid $300 per month for the maintenance of the floors at the Vaiden courthouse.
The work is done bimonthly but paid monthly.
Before the meeting adjourned, Beat 1 Supervisor Jim Neill said he will be talking with county library director Sharon Tollison about upgrades to the computer systems at both the Carrollton-North Carrollton and Vaiden libraries.
In other business, the board:
• Approved the transfer of $100,000 from the general fund to the E911 fund.
• Approved continuing the $18,000-a-year contract with BFMW Group PPLC for preparing the county financial statements prior to annual audits.
• Settled a claim with Taylor Construction and Atmos Energy for damage done to McCarley Road during utility work.
