From left, Wooden County Fee President Blair Sofa; County Commissioners’ Affiliation of West Virginia Government Assistant Denise Allen; scholar Landon Henthorn and Leila Marlow, Edison Center College eighth Grade West Virginia Research trainer. Henthorn, a former scholar at Edison who can be going to Parkersburg South Excessive College within the fall, entered a contest for writing an essay on the significance of county commissions. Henthorn was awarded an honorable point out and a verify for $50. (Picture by Brett Dunlap)
PARKERSBURG — A building firm in Marietta was awarded Monday a contract for the renovations to the previous Suddenlink Constructing to make it the brand new Wooden County 911 Heart by the Wooden County Fee.
Commissioners unanimously awarded the contract to Grae-Con Building which bid $3.189 million for the venture.
“They’ve a historical past in hiring native employees,” Commissioner Jimmy Colombo mentioned of Grae-Con.
The fee selected ZMM Architects & Engineers of Charleston to design and oversee the renovation of the 18,000 sq. foot facility at U.S. 50 and Interstate 77. The fee purchased the constructing in 2020 for $850,000 with plans to adapt it to be used as the brand new 911 heart.
Final month the fee opened 5 bids from firms and gave the bids to Architect Adam Krason of ZMM to evaluation and make suggestions. On the time, Krason mentioned ZMM had efficiently labored with all the businesses, together with Grae-Con.
Officers have mentioned they’re doing a strong block-type construction inside which Sheriff Rick Woodyard has described as a “constructing inside a constructing.” It will assist fortify the constructing and make it safer. They’re additionally going to work to bolster the roof and the places of work inside.
The bids included a base value for the development work in addition to alternate bids for car parking zone work and changing the chainlink fencing across the website that could be achieved individually relying on out there funds. Bulletproof sheeting costs and different supplies additionally had been included in addition to licensing and bonding data. The bids additionally included estimates on how lengthy the work will take.
Grae-Con included alternate bids of $160,000 for paving and $65,000 for the fencing. They estimated it’ll take 395 days to do the development work.
In different enterprise, the fee honored former Edison Center Excessive scholar and soon-to-be Parkersburg South Excessive College freshman Landon Henthorn for an essay he wrote as a part of a statewide contest placed on by the County Commissioners’ Affiliation of West Virginia on the significance of the county fee.
Henthorn obtained an Honorable Point out and was offered a verify for $50.
There have been greater than 60 entries from 11 counties, mentioned Denise Allen, Government Assistant of the Affiliation. There have been two first place, two second place, two third place and 10 honorable mentions, she mentioned.
Allen hopes college students will be taught the significance of the commissions and can encourage them to in the future search elected workplace.
In extra enterprise:
∫ Commissioners introduced that the brand new Guests Heart on the former Level Park Market Place noticed over 200 guests over the previous weekend. Guests to the middle in the course of the month of Might exceeded the whole variety of guests to the outdated heart for the earlier yr.
CVB officers have mentioned they’re able to direct folks to the Oil and Gasoline Museum, Henderson Corridor and different native tourism websites, eating places, outlets, lodges and extra, both throughout their present journey, an in a single day keep or to persuade them to return again at a later date.
Fee President Blair Sofa confirmed the “Staycation” advertisements that had been achieved highlighting native points of interest to folks within the area that they will go to at a time when gasoline is dear and individuals are taking shorter day journeys.
