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Wythe County supervisors approve contracts, budget amendments and water-project awards
Summary
The board unanimously approved $653,279.12 in invoices, authorized purchase and installation of new 911 dispatch consoles, awarded two water-infrastructure contracts totaling roughly $771,972 (Barrett Mill/Lookout Drive and Siloam Booster Station), and approved several Sheriff’s Office budget amendments and a student travel transfer.
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors on March 10 approved a series of fiscal and procurement actions, including payment of $653,279.12 in county invoices, authorization of a dispatch-console contract for the 911 center, and awards for multiple water-system projects.
Supervisor Stacy A. Terry moved to approve the invoices for March 10, covering General Warrants 30137605–30137766 and one wire transfer; Supervisor Jesse R. Burnett seconded and the motion passed by unanimous roll call. The approved expenditures included significant single entries such as Childress Environmental Services ($112,469.47), New River Regional Water ($70,091.33) and equipment and service contracts from vendors including TK Elevator and Trane.
On the Building & Grounds Committee recommendation, the board authorized purchase and installation of Xybix dispatch consoles, with the County Administrator authorized to execute a contract using the Houston/Galveston cooperative procurement agreement. Supervisor Rolland R. Cook made the motion, seconded by Supervisor Stacy A. Terry; the motion passed by roll call.
The board also approved a set of motions from the Water & Wastewater Committee to advance local water improvements. Supervisor Jesse R. Burnett moved to award the Barrett Mill/Lookout Drive Water Improvements Division III Station project to Main Street Builders, LLC, including bid alternative 1 to add a generator, for a total award of $398,000. The Siloam Booster Station project was awarded to Frizzell Construction Company with a total project award of $373,972 (including a generator); the board also amended and appropriated $105,072 to fund the Siloam project.
Financial housekeeping for the Sheriff’s Office was handled in a separate set of motions. The board appropriated a $1,500 donation for the Confirm OK senior program and $912.33 to a travel/conference account, both approved by unanimous roll call; it also approved a $10,450 transfer from the PhotoSpeed Enforcement account to fund charter buses for Fort Chiswell High School’s trip to the state basketball championship.
The board accepted Z.E. Environmental’s engineering proposal for the Dry Run Emergency Watershed Protection project and voted to withdraw from a Hazard Mitigation Grant Program project concerning Mule Hell Road; both committee recommendations passed unanimously. The board also approved a water-leak adjustment for a rental property account (Akers) that reduced the balance owed to $163.76.
Most motions during the meeting passed unanimously by roll call. The board recessed for scheduled FY27 budget work sessions and reconvened several times over the following days to continue budget hearings.
The board returned to open session after closed meetings and adopted the required certification resolutions before adjourning at about 3:18 p.m.
