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Board approves separate contract to reduce lighting cost for Worsham convenience site; board also discusses selling pine logs from site work
Summary
Supervisors approved using a lower-cost electrical proposal to supply site lighting at the Worsham convenience site (Creative Electric, ~$58,000), saving about $26,000 versus the initial bid. The board also discussed the possibility of selling pine logs recovered during construction and asked staff to pursue bids for sale.
The Board of Supervisors approved separating the lighting add-alternate from the contractor's main contract for the Worsham convenience site after the properties committee recommended removing the high alternate (about $84,502) from the general contract. Staff presented a proposed separate contract from Creative Electric for roughly $58,000 and said further savings might be found by using taller poles and reducing the number from eight to six.
Board members voted to accept the separate proposal and to have Creative Electric install lighting under a distinct contract, which reduces the county's immediate contract cost by about $26,000 compared with the original bid. The transcript records the motion and the board's recorded yes votes.
During a later discussion, a supervisor asked about pine logs and other woody material generated during site construction at Worsham and whether the county could sell them rather than dispose of them in the landfill. Staff said the contract left removal decisions to the contractor and that the engineer had told staff the material volume and value did not justify a contractor removing and selling all of it during the contract. Several supervisors said they had buyers interested; the board agreed to let staff solicit bids or otherwise arrange a sale and coordinate with county staff to handle the logistics if a sale is feasible.
The board approved the lighting contract and agreed to follow up through staff for any possible sale of salvaged logs; staff will coordinate the surplus-material process and return with any recommended sale terms.
