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IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - CONSTRUCTION BIDS: The county commissioners had
received information on the low bidders for the hospital construction. The bids
were analyzed by the hospital building committee with advice from the architects,
and the Iredell Memorial Hospital Board of Directors recommended that the Iredell
County Board of Commissioners award the bids to the lowest bidders in the four
categories as listed below:
General Construction Contractor L. P. Cox
Concord, NC $6,366,000
Electrical Contractor Overcash Electric
Mooresville, NC $1,455,751
Mechanical Contractor Community Heating &
Plumbing
Greensboro, NC $2,085,100
Plumbing Contractor J. A. Croson
Columbus, O $1,195,888
MOTION from ChairmanTroutman to approve the recommendation from the Hospital
Board of Directors and award the contracts to the four low bidders (listed above).
In discussing the motion Commissioner Campbell inquired about the availability
of local construction companies. Mr. Nunnery said the law does not permit considera-
tion of location in determining award of bids.
VOTING ON MOTION: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0.
Chairman Troutman commented on the bid prices quoted, that the prices had
fallen since the beginning of the project. He said he hoped it would work out
equally well in the bond interest market rate.
All bids received for the construction of the hospital are filed in the
Register of Deeds Office as a part of the minutes and are on file in the Office
of the Clerk to the Board.
REVALUATION REPORT: Mr. Ferris; Brent Weisner, Project Manager; and Lois
troutman, Tax Supervisor; aresehted the board with the latest revaluation report.
Mr. Weisner said they had finished with all the process with the exception of �„..
matching the county's billing files with the revaluation files, and they hoped
to finish that in the following week. Mr .Weisner said they were printing final set
of cards, which would tax approximately fifty hours. As soon as Mrs. Troutman and
he ascertain they are correct, they will send them out.
Bill Ferris spoke regarding the comparison of sales data. He said they had
compared sales data from 1981 until the present sales data with the revaluation
values and found the revaluation figures are right at 1008 of the market value
figures. He said they had done 99 different reports and these reports showed the
appraisal is on market value. He said the revaluation figures were "strong values"
and they proposed to defend them. The notices are going out the first week in
November.
Mrs. Troutman said they were getting a letter in the mail through Kenneth
Vaughn's Office (Agricultural Extension) regarding application for farm use values. ,
Chairman Troutman commended Brent Weisner, Ferris Project manager, for the