New public works building bid comes in $95,000 over budget

Posted on June 13, 2018

County commissioners have agreed to dip into budget reserves for more than $95,000 after the lone bid received to construct a new office building at the Taylor County Public Works Department came in nearly twice the $100,000 budgeted for the project.

At the county’s June 4 meeting, commissioners voted 5-0 in favor of Commissioner Malcolm Page’s motion to transfer $95,376 out of “reserves for capital improvements” to go with $100,000 in budgeted funds to cover the cost of a $195,376 bid to construct a metal building, concrete slab, flooring, lights, HVAC, suspending ceiling, fixtures, cabinets and interior walls in a new County Public Works Department office building.

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