The Jackson City Council met for a called meeting on Thursday, March 12, to accept bids and award a contract for the construction of the Turner Court project on Highland Avenue.
With all Council members present, except Kenneth Partick, Mayor Thomas called the special meeting to order with one agenda item. She reminded the Council that no other business could be conducted.
“This was advertised statewide and on different websites,” Mayor Thomas told the Council. “There were six contractors who picked up the paperwork and bid packets. Of those, two submitted bids.”
Thomas explained that one of the two contractors bidding to build the six homes and the accompanying infrastructure for the Highland Avenue project determined that their bid was too low due to a miscalculation after KRADD reviewed the bid calculation checks.
“It would have been more than what they bid, and they could not do it for what they bid,” Thomas said, “So they had to withdraw.
She informed the Council that the final remaining bid was from Ball Custom Builders from Booneville, Kentucky, in the amount of $1,053,070.
On a motion by Tommy Noble, seconded by Debbie Henson, the Council passed a resolution accepting the bid and awarding the construction contract to Ball Custom Builders. All the members present approved the motion.
The Turner Court project will be funded by Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery housing funds from Frankfort. It will include six new homes on the former site of the Judge Bill Turner property on Highland Avenue.
Thomas told the Council that minor work at the site “would start soon,” but that any major work would have to wait until the fire department removes the house during live-burn training exercises at the end of March or in early April.
Having completed the only item on the agenda, the county adjourned its meeting in under four minutes.
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