Wilkes County approves landfill contract, budget transfers and three road-name requests
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The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved multiple administrative and capital actions at its March 18 meeting, including a contract award for the Roaring River Landfill Phase 6 expansion and two related budget amendments to fund the project.
The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved multiple administrative and capital actions at its March 18 meeting, including a contract award for the Roaring River Landfill Phase 6 expansion and two related budget amendments to fund the project.
LaBella Engineering reported seven bids for the Phase 6 expansion; the low base bid was $6,611,200 from Sargent Corporation. Rohit Garg, senior project engineer with LaBella, told commissioners the contractor's base bid plus a 5% contingency, construction quality assurance (CQA) and field/lab testing increase the estimated project budget to roughly $7.4 million.
The board voted to award the construction contract to Sargent Corporation for the low bid of $6,611,200. The motion was made by Commissioner Casey Johnson, seconded by Vice Chairman Bill Sexton and approved unanimously.
Separately the board approved two linked budget amendments (No. 21 and No. 22) allocating $5,091,761 from fund balance to the landfill fund to cover the remaining Phase 6 construction costs, a $300,000 contingency, and $450,000 for DEQ-required construction quality assurance. Finance Director Chris Huffman and County Manager John Yates told commissioners the intent is for the landfill (an enterprise fund) to repay the general fund over time; commissioners required staff, the landfill director and county attorneys to draft a binding repayment structure before funds are expended.
The board also approved three road-name requests after Planning Director W.C. Scroggs confirmed the required ten-day statutory notice had been met. The approved names were Galt Way (Walnut Grove Township), Half Acre Lane (Walnut Grove Township) and Zelda Lane (Rock Creek Township). The motions to approve each name were made and passed unanimously.
Other formal actions included approval of the March 4, 2025 minutes and a proclamation designating April 2025 as Child Abuse Prevention Month; both were adopted unanimously.
No action was reported from the closed session held to discuss personnel and seek legal counsel, and the meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.