County discusses uniforms
The Marshall County Board of Supervisors heard quotes on uniforms for employees.
Cintas offered to rent uniforms and launder them or let employees wash their own uniforms.
The weekly cost to provide polyester uniforms and laundering for 50 road and bridge employees came to $731.50 a week, according to Mario Jeffries. Self wash would run $399 a week.
The county paid $23,000 for uniforms last year. A contract with Cintas as quoted would run about $38,000 a year for polyester and laundering
Chancery clerk Nicole Phelps said the county needs to know the quality of uniforms leased.
District 4 supervisor George Zinn III said the question becomes how long the uniforms will last.
Jeffries said the uniforms are breaking down and about 20 percent of employees are not in complete uniforms.
County administrator Tim Powell said, if the uniforms break down, under the rental agreement the company will make repairs.
One concern, Jeffries said, is that a person may work three months and leave.
Powell said the tradeoff for renting is that the county would only be charged for using the uniforms rather than purchasing them.
“We can’t send them back, now,” Jeffries said.
The board took the matter under advisement.
Bid opening
County engineer Larry Britt opened bids on road improvement on Mt. Carmel Road. The project involves milling, leveling and repair of about eight-tenths of a mile of three-lane.
Four bids were opened:
Falcon Contracting Inc — $487,330
Gregory Companies — $481,210
Lehman Roberts — $598,039
Double T Construction — $460,102.
The contract was awarded to Double T Construction.
Britt said construction on North Barringer Road is almost complete. He submitted a final change order for edge striping at $6,849 to Ste Bil Grading. The final pay request #6 for $164,083 will come out of contingencies in the contract, he said.
District 2 supervisor Johnny Walker announced he asked for 100 bicycles for children and a donor gave 150 bikes plus helmets. The bikes went to children in Marshall County and were divided among the five districts. Supervisors will find children in their districts and the bikes will be given out at the Workforce Center.
Yates Construction raised the donations for the bikes and Yates employees assembled them.
Zinn said Home Health has shown an interest in moving into the old zoning office on 178 East.
“I thought it would be a great idea to rent it,” he said.
“Sell it to them,” District 5 supervisor Ronnie O’Neil Bennett said.
Board attorney Amanda Whaley Smith said the building would have to be declared surplus then advertised and put out for bids.
County administrator Tim Powell said the board planned to sell the property after zoning moved out.
“Get appraisals, then advertise,” Zinn said.
The board passed a motion to get the property appraised.
In the Chancery Clerk report, Nicole Phelps asked for permission to attend mandatory training for the new PERS retirement plan – Tier 5.
Sheriff Dickerson requested three Dodge Chargers and one Ford pickup be taken off the inventory because they have over 200,000 miles. They will be placed in the auction in January.
Two sheriff’s employees were approved for training in Detective 1 level.
Phelps reported the claims docket came to $828,367.
In the county administrator’s report, Tim Powell asked for travel for justice court clerks to attend winter conference.
Looks Great Services, the company that was hired to clean up debris from the tornado in Slayden, offered to extend its contract for another year at the same price. That gives the county the option not to have to bid the work out if another event takes place.
Powell said Looks Great Services was used to cleanup the 2015 tornado as well. He said the contract can be extended for two more years.
“They did a good job,” Walker said.
“It’s not going to get any cheaper,” Bennett said, and made a motion to extend the contract.