Fayette

County commissioners last week spent almost $13

million in eight separate agenda items.

Most

of that, $12.3 million, went for a contract on

construction of the south Fayette water treatment

plant on Antioch Road near Lake Horton. Bates

Engineers/Contractors Inc. was low bidder for

that work. The plant will provide six million

gallons of water per day, with expansion capacity

of nine mgd.

Commissioners

also approved:

� $203,624 for a new central

computer, to be provided by Sirius Computer

Solutions. A five-year lease is up on the

county's current central computer.

Finance

director Emory McHugh will recommend later

whether the county should buy the equipment

outright or lease it for $50,000 a year.

� $204,000 for Superior Court

records management, including scanning of

records, computer equipment and new filing

systems to help store records in less space. (See

related story)

� $98,111.55 to replace a

culvert under Sandy Creek Road.

� About $33,000 for a GMC

Suburban for the fire and emergency services

department. That figure may go down.

Commissioners directed the purchasing department

to get a new bid, hoping to save money because

the model year is nearing an end.

� $8,000 for replacement of a

computer and a copier in the planning department.

� Up to $2,335 to help sponsor

a concert by the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra from

Ayr, Scotland. Peachtree City has agreed to match

that figure, and Fayetteville will be asked to

chip in as well. Commissioner Linda Wells failed

to convince the board to hold off on approving

the money and ask the Board of Education to put

in a portion as well.

The

visit is part of the school system's Achievers

International program, in which local schools

exchange culture with those in Scotland.

� $1,065.76 for repair of a

sheriff's department car damaged in a wreck.

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