December 14, 1961- County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

December 14, 19611 3Fit width561Meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the County of JohnstonDecember 14, 1961The Board of County Commissioners of Johnston County reconvened in specialsession on December 14, 1961 for the purpose of receiving and opening bids for thefurnishing of labor and material and equipment entering into the construction ofAgricultural office Building, Johnston County, located in Smithfield, North Carolina,in the Commissioners Room, with the following Commissioners present;H M Johnson, Chairman, R G Gurley, Frank B Holding and J D BaileyAbsent Floyd C Price, SrThe following business was transacted1 Opening of BidsAt 300 P M Harry K McGee, Architect, proceeded to open bids for the furnish€ing of labor and material and equipment entering into the construction of Agricul-tural Office Building, Johnston County, located in Smithfield, N C, with thefollowing bids received, as are tabulated below;Contractor Base Bid Cost Totals Est Bidand Alternates days BondLicense # 1847 Section AFred C Gardner Co Inc Base Bid 58,990 220 5 1Kinston, N C 1 -11 -62Section B Alt No 1 33,995 A B281License # 29843 R Hinnant SonsSelma, N CSection CAlt No 2Civil DefSection DAlt No 3Cabs Cases,EtcAlt No 4Combined BidSection ABase BidSection BAlt No 1Section CAlt No 2Section DAlt No 3Cabs Cases,etcAlt No I}Combined Bid53,99539,9964,150189,99063,90339,66559,75447,6445,453215,419A B C281ABCD28118oA B2403oABCD36oLicense # 1039Rogers Construction Co Section ABase Bid65,52926oSection BA BAlt No 133,085260Section CABCAlt No 253,81326oSection DABCDAlt No 339,08826oCabs Cases,etcAlt No 46,102Combined Bid- 196;,00055562December 14, 1961 fontContractorBase BidCost TotalsEstBidand AlternatesdaysBondLicense # 474J M Thompson CoSection ARaleigh, N CBase Bid65,4821805Section BA BAlt No 129,796210Section CABCAlt No 254,914240Section DABCDAlt No 340,600270Cabs Cases,etcAlt No 44,700Combined Bid193,000PLUMBING CONTRACTContractorSection A Section BSection C Section DCombined EstBidBase Bid AltNolAlt No 2 Alt No 3BidDaysBond1 Bullock-Plumbing CoRaleigh #10165,750 1,6305,340 8,65019,845Time52 JLCanady PCo #1654Clayton4,375 1,5504,916 6,72317,564Time53 Davis Bros- -- ----4 Dixie P Co# 1904Raleigh3,984 1,2974,258 6,53315,872TimeGC55 Faulk P Co# 1559Garner4,865 1,2665,228 7265919,00Time56 Inman P Co#1441St Pauls3,875 1,2753,495 7,10015,525TimeGC57 Jordan Holt#1187Smithfield4,23844 1,085554,33481 6,9494516,50843 Time5H A CContract Boiler Large enough to take care of all sections1 Henry BakerHeating Co# 644Wilson 18,900 8,700 13,850 3,58o 45,030 CT 52 Berger -JonesInc3 Bullock P Heating Co4 Davis Bros5 MechanicalContractorsCa68y9 16,85o 7,500 12,000 3,500 38,700 CT 5563December 14, 1961 Conti 1`Contractor Section A Section B Section C Section D Combined Est Bid,Base Bid Alt No 1 Alt No 2 Alt No 3 Bid Days Bond 6 Stahl 19,100 8,300 13,200 3,250 43,000 CT 5pRider Inc#467 iRaleigh it7 Holloway {IAC f;#1191Four oaks 18,497 6,o18 9,081 3,o06 36,602 CT 5ELECTRICAL CONTRACT Alt 4Equip1 Bryant-Durham ElCc Inc#497Durham 7,300 1,900 5,000 8,000 2,900 24,800 CT 52 Howard -GreenEl Co#14Raleigh 7,252 1,637 5,010 7,250 3,128 24,277 20 days 5after C3 Sutton E1Co#434Mt Olive 8,720 1,680 6,000 11,580 - 27,500 CT 54 Watson ElConst CoWilson 63883 1,462 4,367 7,716 3,561 23,943 0T 55 Whitley E1Service#3090Wilson 7,193 1,778 6,379 11,479 2,522 28,751 CT 5A discussion followed the opening of the bids It was determined that theconstruction of Sections A and B as shown by Mr McGeets plans would cost 4130,830As the bids exceeded the amounts anticipated, Mr McGee was requested to make abreak down and study of the bids for presentment to the Board at a later meetingI2 Location Agricultural buildingRudolph Howell, citizen of Smithfield, verbally protested the location and sizeof the lot upon which the Commissioners intended to erect an Agricultural BuildingHowell requested each board member to search their minds to determine if they thoughtthe lot was adequate in size He stated that he was very much disturbed that sucha beautiful building should he placed on such a small lot, and that they shouldthink twice before utilizing this lot for such a purposeThe Board inquired of Mr Howell why he had not mentioned this before andstated that the proposal to proceed with the building on this lot had been up forconsideration since last spring when it was thoroughly covered by the newspapersin the CountyThe Board expressed their appreciation for Mr Howell presenting his protest,but advised him that the program of the Commissioners would proceed as planned3 Moccasin Creek Water Drainage AreaAt the request of Commissioner Floyd C Price, Sr, who was absent from themeeting, W G Massey, Clerk, requested the Commissioners to be present at a meetingto be held at 1000 A M, December 20, 1961 for the purpose of discussing prelimin-ary plans for the Moccasin Creek Water Drainage AreaOn motion made, seconded and carried, it was moved th the meetin bead jou ned?it