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Taylor County approves emergency exceptions, awards two SHIP home repair contracts and OKs HARP change order
Summary
Taylor County commissioners approved exceeding an internal SHIP cost cap to award two roofing/home-repair contracts, approved a $36,740 change order to add a bedroom to an HARP home, and authorized seeking outside counsel to pursue a SHIP lien repayment where the heir declined to repay.
Taylor County commissioners voted to allow two Homeowner SHIP (State Housing Initiative Partnership) repairs to exceed the program—ap and to award the lowest responsive bidder for two rehabilitation projects, county staff said.
At a public meeting county housing staff recommended awarding Certified Roofing & Construction the contracts for repairs at the homes of Glenda Smith and Alicia Cooley and asked commissioners to waive the SHIP arbitrary per-project cost limit of $150,000 because of rising construction costs. Melanie Cox, who presented the item, said Certified Roofing was the lowest bidder and staff recommended the…
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