{"id":5318,"date":"2013-08-26T14:02:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2021-08-09T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:04:58","slug":"no-bid-contract-for-alapaha-water-treatment-plant-lcc-2013-08-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/no-bid-contract-for-alapaha-water-treatment-plant-lcc-2013-08-13.html","title":{"rendered":"No-bid contract for Alapaha Water Treatment Plant @ LCC 2013-08-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ro1y8EVhKi8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEEUH7OBoHbo1a66CqoYkHx&#038;index=16\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ro1y8EVhKi8\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nA no-bid contract for the engineering firm that already wrote a letter\r\nto GA EPD on behalf of the county, this one for upgrading the\r\nAlapaha Plantation Water Treatment Plant, at the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/videos-moody-moody-acre-water-and-splost-vii-lcc-2013-08-13-lcc-2013-08-13.html\">\r\n13 August 2013 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission<\/a>.\r\n<blockquote>\r\n7.b.\r\n<a name=\"Alapaha\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ro1y8EVhKi8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEEUH7OBoHbo1a66CqoYkHx\">\r\nEngineering for the Alapaha Water Treatment Upgrade<\/a>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/qpublic7.qpublic.net\/qpmap4\/map.php?county=ga_lowndes&#038;parcel=0261++025&#038;extent=2646909+333692+2650633+334140&#038;layers=parcels+streetnum+roads+parcel_sales#\" title=\"Alapaha Water Treatment Plant Parcel 0261 057\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5546\/9601973008_2e509fb067_z.jpg\" alt=\"Alapaha Water Treatment Plant Parcel 0261 057\"><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9601975088\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Timeline --Demarcus Marshall\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3762\/9601975088_86b023a803_m.jpg\" alt=\"Timeline --Demarcus Marshall\"><\/a>\r\nUtilities Director Mike Allen said the\r\nengineering agreement with Lovell Engineering\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/videos-moody-moody-acre-water-and-splost-vi-lcc-2013-08-12-lcc-2013-08-12.html#Alapaha\">\r\n(presented at the previous morning&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>\r\nwas ready for the board to approve in a no-bid agreement with Lovell Engineering.\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nCounty Commissioner Demarcus Marshall wanted to know <!--more-->when\r\nthe work would be complete.\r\n<p>\r\nAllen said March 2015 (not 2014), and referred to\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9601977960\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"March 2015 --Mike Allen\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2844\/9601977960_289e29c63d_m.jpg\" alt=\"March 2015 --Mike Allen\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/7-b-lovell-eng-letter-to-epd-for-lowndes-county-lcc-2013-07-23.html\">\r\nthe letter from Lovell Engineering to GA EPD<\/a>\r\n(since obtained through open records request)\r\npreviously discussed at\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/wastewater-violation-on-the-alapaha-river-lcc-2013-07-22.html\">\r\nthe 22 July Work Session<\/a>\r\nand approved at\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/videos-splost-vii-open-up-prisoners-water-roads-and-costs-lcc-2013-07-23.html#Alapaha\">\r\nthe 23 July Regular Session<\/a>.\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\">Commissioner John Page wanted to know where the $60,000 was coming from?\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9601981924\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Budget? --John Page\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2805\/9601981924_a95c1ccf1c_m.jpg\" alt=\"Budget? --John Page\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nA: the current budget.\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\">\r\n\r\nOnce again (as\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/the-water-is-good-now-right-demarcus-marshall-about-alapaha-water-treatment-lcc-2013-07-23.html\">\r\nin the previous morning&#8217;s Work Session<\/a>)\r\nCommissioner Marshall wanted to know &#8220;the water is good&#8221;?\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9601986320\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Improve water? --Demarcus Marshall\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2862\/9601986320_e4d0160696_m.jpg\" alt=\"Improve water? --Demarcus Marshall\"><\/a>\r\nA from Chairman Bill Slaughter: &#8220;absolutely&#8221;.\r\n<p style=\"font-style: normal\">\r\nHow do we know that, since the county\r\nhas\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/violations-at-alapaha-water-plant-in-lowndes-county-epa-lcc-2013-07-23.html\">\r\ncompletely failed to report to GA EPD<\/a> 4 times in the last ten years,\r\nas well as\r\nthe 15 health-based violations?\r\n<p>\r\nNevermind; they unanimously approved the contract anyway.\r\n<p>\r\nWhat happened to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/wastewater-violation-on-the-alapaha-river-lcc-2013-07-22.html\">\r\nthey were only working with Lovell to get a letter\r\nsubmitted to GA EPD because of a deadline<\/a>?\r\nInstead they also let a contract to Lovell with no bid.\r\nIt&#8217;s good they&#8217;re dealing locally, but were there no other\r\nlocal companies that might want to bid?\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nSee also\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/videos-moody-moody-acre-water-and-splost-vii-lcc-2013-08-13.html#Sewer\">\r\nthe other no-bid contract Lovell Engineering got<\/a>\r\nin the same session.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ro1y8EVhKi8&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEEUH7OBoHbo1a66CqoYkHx&#038;index=16\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ro1y8EVhKi8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nNo-bid contract for Alapaha Water Treatment Plant\r\n<br>\r\nRegular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 13 August 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A no-bid contract for the engineering firm that already wrote a letter to GA EPD on behalf of the county, this one for upgrading the Alapaha Plantation Water Treatment Plant, at the 13 August 2013 Regular Session of the Lowndes County Commission. 7.b. 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