Three resolutions passed at the regular Boone County Fiscal Court Tuesday night which pushed the water line expansion for rural Boone County areas forward.
“I am so excited to have these items on the agenda tonight,” said Judge/Executive Gary Moore. “Our goal of expanding public water to those who currently do not have it is a priority that this court passed unanimously when we were discussing the distribution of some of our funding. What a win this is!”
The project was divided into three components because of the length of the roads and the number of roads as well as the geographical location of the roads.
Any company could have bid on one, or two, or all three of the components. According to Assistant County Administrator Matthew Webster, they had multiple bids for design and engineering on A and B, and only one bidder for the design and engineering for C. They were able to award the bids to two different companies.
The first area, or A, is comprised of Snyder Road and Woolper Road, and the bid for engineering and design services for the water line expansion for this area was DLZ Kentucky Inc. The amount of the bid that was accepted was $153,845.24.
The second area, or B, is made up of of the roads located within the Twin Lakes subdivision, and that project was also awarded to DLZ Kentucky Inc for a bid of $169,159.47.
Some residents from the Twin Lakes subdivision were present at the meeting, and they cheered when they heard that the water line project was in Phase two and moving along. Moore commiserated with them, mentioning that they have had cisterns for 24 years, and the water line has been a long time coming.
“When will it be started?” asked Mary Beth Derthick, from Twin Lakes.
County Administrator Jeff Earlywine told her it is scheduled for a September start, although he did say that even though the project is fully funded, there could very well be supply chain issues.
All the other roads in the project were compiled into the third area, or C. Assistant County Administrator Webster specified that this contract had a little different wording in it because these streets are all over the county. This project was awarded to RA Consultants for a bid not to exceed $599,305. Earlywine said they had a very strong submission, but they had to discuss and compromise on the duration of the project, and Webster said they shortened the deadline by a year. Even though the streets are spread out, Commissioner Cathy Flaig was excited.
“The streets are mostly in western Boone County, and that’s my district,” she said. “This is really, really great for us!”
There are about 24 streets in all three areas combined.
An ordinance was read for the first time which will approve, with conditions, a change in concept development plan for an approximate 6.3 acre area located at 10833 Dixie Highway.
Glenn Crone as applicant for Res Property and Land Development, requested the change in the approved concept development because they want to put a single story building between some other buildings. The building would be 3360 square feet and 21 feet high. The building will be approximately 10 to 15 feet away from the building on one side and about 20 feet away from the building on the other side. It was specified that this is for truck and trailer sales only, and no repair work will be done at this location.
Planning and Zoning unanimously recommended approval, with four conditions that will be carried forward.
Another ordinance had a first reading which includes a request for a change in an approved concept development plan for a 6.254 acre site located between the properties at 1155 and 1405 Worldwide Boulevard.
The property initially had 12 conditions when it was approved back in 1989, and one of those conditions prohibited motor freight terminals. What the company, IPT Park West, wants to do is make the six acres a gated area with 120 parking spaces for tractor trailers. They would like to lease the private parking lot to one of their tenants, so it will not be an open parking lot. Commissioner Flaig had asked if it would help with the county’s problem of parking for tractor trailers, but since it will be gated and fenced, it won’t be open to everybody.
Planning and Zoning approved the recommendation with a vote of 12 to 2, and the other recommendations will still be in effect and carried forward.
Two resolutions dealt with the Women’s Recovery Center in Boone County. The first grants Judge Moore authority to enter into the the legally binding agreement between Brighton Recovery Center Limited Partnership and the Boone County Fiscal court.
The second authorized Judge Moore to execute the grant agreement for the Brighton Recovery Center for Women Recovery Kentucky Project in Boone County.
Moore said he is touched by the great work they do, and he gets a lot of comments when he is out in the community about how wonderful it is.
Both resolutions passed.
A resolution passed which awarded the janitorial services for the facilities of the Boone county Administration building, the Ferguson Center, the Parks Department, the County Attorney’s Office and the Public Works Department to ABM Industries.
Judge Moore explained that the service they had used previously was terminated for non-performance. The county put out an RFP and received two strong responses, but they picked the one they thought would be better value. ABM Industries bid $148,137.36.
Moore gave Mike Albrecht and his Property Maintenance department a shout out for filling in for a lack of janitorial services, cleaning until a new company could be found.
Another resolution awarded a bid for the rehabilitation of a failing culvert on Williams road in Hebron to Pipline and Drainage Consultants, LLC. Robert Franxman, County Engineer, explained that they received three bids ranging from $73,000 to $230,000, and went with Pipeline and Drainage Consultants for a bid of $73,739.75.
Franxman explained that they decided to go with a slipliner method of repair, where a plastic pipe will be inserted into the existing metal pipe and then grouted solid, and then a head wall and a lot of stone will be added to stabilize the failing embankment.
“This simplistic design will restore stability and improve drainage characteristics by as much as 40 percent,” said Franxman.
He added that SD-1 will add a $50,000 grant to help with the cost of this repair.
