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County owner's representative: juvenile surplus building under budget; gun-range plan reduced; school vestibule work to extend into summer
Summary
An owner's representative told the Bedford County Financial Management Committee the juvenile surplus building project is under the committee's approved budget and could go to contract in May, while multiple other facility projects — sports-field concessions, a revised gun-range design, and school vestibule security upgrades — are at varying stages of work and approval.
The county's owner representative reported to the Financial Management Committee that work on the juvenile surplus building has progressed for the past 60 days and is currently under the budget number approved by the committee; officials said they hope to go to contract in May.
"Over the last 60 days, we've been working on the juvenile surplus building, and I'm happy to report that we are below the budget number that the finance committee approved, and we hope to be going to contract the May," the owner's representative said.
Committee members also heard updates on several community athletic and facility projects. Community lighting and training for sports fields are complete for certain sites; concessions at Cascade football and baseball fields are nearing completion, with concrete work finished and framing/insulation scheduled for the softball and soccer concession. The community concession stand is bricked and sheetrocked and scheduled for painting.
The committee discussed a proposed gun range tied to a maintenance site, and staff said the originally proposed range "will not work" because there is insufficient distance between the building and the road for deliveries and for the yardage required for firearms training sign-off. The owner's representative said the project will be redesigned for a shorter range in the same general location, "just probably not their original design or hopes."
In jail facilities, the jail received an $80,000 grant for a G pod training room (referred to in discussion as the "SharkBite") and county staff said they are meeting with engineers to install mechanical and electrical systems for a training room.
Officials reported work on an historic highway building that has reached the end of its functional life; proposals include constructing a new 60-by-20-foot building raised above grade and providing a 48-by-100-foot equipment parking area. County staff stressed the need for replacement because of water intrusion and structural deterioration.
The committee was also told that vestibule security enhancements for schools are being submitted individually to the State Fire Marshal rather than as a single package, which staff said means each submission will take roughly nine weeks and that construction could extend into July while school is in session. "The State Fire Marshal... want those individually submitted instead of all at 1 time, which means that's 9 weeks," the owner's representative said. Staff said most vestibule jobs will be two- to three-day processes, with one larger high-school installation taking longer.
No formal committee action was recorded specific to approving design changes at this meeting; reports were informational and tied to project budgets and timetables.
