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Smith County court approves ARPA contract awards, MOU for IT upgrades and several personnel actions
Summary
At its Dec. 31 meeting the court approved awarding a $2.6899 million ARPA-funded contract for facility service center improvements, an interagency MOU to spend remaining ARPA funds on IT data-center purchases, appointed a reserve deputy, approved hiring a detention-training officer at an adjusted pay step, and ratified routine minutes, plats and payments.
Smith County Commissioner—s Court on Dec. 31 approved a package of actions that included ARPA-funded contract awards, an interagency memorandum of understanding for IT data-center improvements, an appointment and a personnel hire.
Contract award: Ms. Latch told the court the county received five responsive bids for bid number 06-25 (facility service center improvements) and recommended awarding the project to Watson Construction Ltd. with alternates 1, 2 and 4 selected. The lowest responsible bid with the selected alternates totaled $2,689,900. Mr. Nichols (project representative) described the award as providing equipment storage, covered renovation and concrete paving; commissioners said the concrete surface will better handle heavy equipment traffic. The court approved a motion to award the contract and authorized the County Judge to sign necessary documents.
ARPA IT data center MOU: The court considered an interagency MOU to permit the expenditure of remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)…
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