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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-23-1996 Meeting I I I PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ROOM - July 23, 1996 3:00 P.M. PRESENT: Hons. Larry E. Sconyers, Mayor; H. Brigham, Chairman; Kuhlke and Mays, members; Charles Dillard, Interim Administrator for Operations; Lewis Johnson, Central Services Director; Robert Leverett, RCCI Warden; Jim Wall, Attorney; Kip Plowman, Interim Internal Auditor; Chief W. L. Maddox, Fire Department; Bill Carstarphen, Consolidation Project Manager; Bat. Chief Dennis Atkins, Fire Department; Steve Smith, Marshal's Department; Lena Bonner, Clerk of Commission-Council and Nancy Morawski, Deputy Clerk of Commission-Council. ABSENT: Hon. Rob Zetterberg, Vice-Chairman. Mr. Chairman: We have one item to add. Mr. Wall: We need to renew a lease for one year on the Wrightsboro Road fire station. Mr. Kuhlke: I so move. Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Communication from the Warden at RCCl stating in the past thirty to sixty days there has been a decrease in the number of County inmates from the jail. I am told the decrease is due to the lack of able-bodied inmates available to send to RCCI. Inmates assigned to RCCI must be medically cleared to work on outside details and should not have pending charges in Richmond County or other jurisdictions. Due to the decrease in County inmates, I am unable to fill some of my work details. The County's present contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections provides 150 inmates. I am requesting approval to increase this number to 175 inmates in order to fulfill my work mission. The State pays the County $12.50 per day per inmate and the additional revenue will help offset the cost of operating RCCI, was read. Mr. Leverett: Some of the inmates are now going to the Stockade. Mr. Kuhlke: I move for approval. Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Communication from the Marshal requesting approval to accept the bid of Bobby Jones Ford for 1996 vehicle bids. Their vehicles are already on the lot and are factory painted our shade of blue and met specifications in all other areas. Classic Ford is a lower bid but the vehicles they have for us are in Michigan I and they are white. Classic is going to have to have the vehicles painted by Maaco Painting. Upon checking with Major Billy Carter of the Sheriff's Department we found that they have had numerous problems with the paint on new vehicles painted by Maaco, was read. Mr. Smith: purchase on this rate through the has. Butch has decided that we will do a lease and we will be able to get a better interest master contract that the Sheriff's Department Mr. Mays: I move we approve the request as the best bid subject to the money being in the budget. Mr. Kuhlke: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. Communication from the Attorney requesting approval of a "Master Contract for Electric Power Service", together with three originals of a "Premises Exhibit" for electrical service at the Phinizy Road Detention Facility, was read. Mr. Wall: This is a five-year contract and I recommend approval. After a short discussion, Mr. Kuhlke: I move for approval. I Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. The Committee next considered the renewal of a lease agreement for the Wrightsboro Road fire station. Mr. Wall: This station has been under a lease since the early 1970's. This lease expired June 30 and the owner has proposed an increase from $350 per month to $1700 per month. We negotiated this down to $1200 per month for a one-year lease from July 1 to June 30. This would give the Fire Chief an opportunity to consider the options as to whether the station should be moved. We are recommending that you extend it for one year through June 30 of next year. Chief Maddox: We are probably looking at moving that station in the future. Mr. Mays: I move we approve it. Motion adopted unanimously. I Mr. Kuhlke: Second. I I I Mr. Johnson: We have the matter of the elevator lift. Mr. Kuhlke: If we could add this to the agenda, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Johnson had presented a proposal for the elevator lift at the Planning & Zoning office. There was quite a dispar- ity in the bid price and he has some additional information. I'll make a motion that we add it to the agenda. Mr. Chairman: I'll second it. Motion adopted unanimously. Mr. Johnson: We only got two bids on this. One was from DuraMed here in Augusta and the other from a firm in Columbia, South Carolina. One came in at $15,000 and the other was $26,000. The $15,000 bid did not include any preconstruction work as far as moving utilities or paving areas. I found the cost of this preconstruction work would cost $8,060. We added that to the $15,000 and it would give us approximately $23,000. I recommend that we go with DuraMed because they would do the entire job and give us a warranty. Mr. Kuhlke: I move that we go with recommendation of Mr. Johnson and award the bid to DuraMed as the best bid. Mr. Mays: Second. Motion adopted unanimously. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Lena J. Bonner Clerk of Commission-Council NWM