The Fayette Citizen-News Page
Wednesday, April 28, 1999
$13 million at a sitting
County agenda heavy on spending

By DAVE HAMRICK
Staff Writer

Fayette County commissioners last week spent almost $13 million in eight separate agenda items.

Most of that, $12.3 million, went for a contract on construction of the south Fayette water treatment plant on Antioch Road near Lake Horton. Bates Engineers/Contractors Inc. was low bidder for that work. The plant will provide six million gallons of water per day, with expansion capacity of nine mgd.

Commissioners also approved:

ä $203,624 for a new central computer, to be provided by Sirius Computer Solutions. A five-year lease is up on the county's current central computer.

Finance director Emory McHugh will recommend later whether the county should buy the equipment outright or lease it for $50,000 a year.

ä $204,000 for Superior Court records management, including scanning of records, computer equipment and new filing systems to help store records in less space. (See related story)

ä $98,111.55 to replace a culvert under Sandy Creek Road.

ä About $33,000 for a GMC Suburban for the fire and emergency services department. That figure may go down. Commissioners directed the purchasing department to get a new bid, hoping to save money because the model year is nearing an end.

ä $8,000 for replacement of a computer and a copier in the planning department.

ä Up to $2,335 to help sponsor a concert by the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra from Ayr, Scotland. Peachtree City has agreed to match that figure, and Fayetteville will be asked to chip in as well. Commissioner Linda Wells failed to convince the board to hold off on approving the money and ask the Board of Education to put in a portion as well.

The visit is part of the school system's Achievers International program, in which local schools exchange culture with those in Scotland.

ä $1,065.76 for repair of a sheriff's department car damaged in a wreck.




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