Friday, May 24, 2002
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Friday, May 24, 2002 |
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County starts debate on justice center By JOHN
THOMPSON Now that the money's there, the Coweta County Commission is moving forward in building the county's new $39 million judicial complex. The county's voters last fall approved an extension of the special purpose local option sales tax to pay for the project. On Tuesday, the County Commission heard a proposal from Gardner-Rosser's Dan Hines on ways the county can bid the project. Gardner-Rosser is the design team for the project and has been working on site design with the county. Hines said the county could do a traditional sealed bid method, or use a method recently approved by the state's legislators that allows the county to choose based on qualifications and price. Hines said this method would allow the contractor to come on board during the design phase, and perhaps show the design team where costs could be cut. But Commissioner Vernon "Mutt" Hunter said the county has built several buildings in the county using the old method, and wondered why the design team would need help since they were being paid by the county to do the work. Commissioner Lawrence Nelms said he was familiar with the "new" method, since that is what Delta Air Lines used in his many years of service at the company. "This would knock 15-20 percent off the construction time," Nelms said. Since the County Commission just received the information Tuesday, Commission Chairman Jim McGuffey asked for the decision to be tabled until June 4.
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