Tennille City Council voted to award the bid to demolish the old recreation building at their Monday, August 2 City Council meeting.
As previously reported by WACO 100, Tennille Mayor Eartha Cummings opened the sealed bids during the July 19 City Council meeting. She stated that the City received three bids to demolish the commercial building and accessory property located at 515 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Tennille.
The bids included the following:
– Washington County Machine Shop in the amount of $19,800
– Middle Georgia Land Improvements in the amount of $7,350
– E&D Contracting Services in the amount of $37,000
After opening all three bids, Mayor Cummings recommended that City of Tennille’s Building Official/Special Projects Coordinator Mike Wiggins to review the bids to make sure that everyone was bidding on the same specifications.
During the Monday, August 2 meeting, the Mayor and City Council met with Wiggins regarding the three bids.
Ultimately, the City Council voted to accept the low bid from Middle Georgia Land Improvements in the amount of $7,350.
In other news, Building Official/Special Projects Coordinator Wiggins presented the Mayor and City Council with the draft City maps. City Council voted to proceed with advertising the City maps for public notice.
Building Official/Special Projects Coordinator Wiggins explained that four building permits were issued last month – three for electrical and one concerning a fence; the total value of work permitted was $22,526. Wiggins went on to say that 13 notices of violation were issued last month; the violations include three overgrown grass and/or trash issues and 10 dilapidated structures.
Building Official/Special Projects Coordinator Wiggins also reported that the parking lot paving at the City Annex building was completed. He stated that 12 additional parking spaces were created in this project.
“It looks really nice,” said Wiggins.
Councilperson David Hartley remarked that adding parking makes the City look good.