Only one company

has submitted a bid to build a new administration building for the Peachtree

City Water and Sewer Authority.

WASA has authorized

General Manager Larry Turner to negotiate with Group VI to further reduce

the price. Turner said the authority originally budgeted about $1.4 million

for the project, but the bid from Group VI came in a little lower than

that.

"They

authorized me to negotiate with Group VI to get it even lower," Turner

said.

Turner said

he didn't know why Group VI was the only firm to bid on the work. The

authority advertised the process ahead of time, he added.

The administration

building will be built just off Ga. Highway 74 South adjacent to the Rockaway

wastewater treatment plant. Currently, the authority's administration

facilities are at the Flat Creek wastewater treatment plant, which will

eventually be shuttered due to its old age and high cost of operation

after the sewer expansion is completed.

In other business,

the authority increased its budgeted amount for regulatory fees in the

new budget. The line item had been slashed from $114,000 to $25,000 at

the previous WASA meeting, but Turner said he reviewed that figure and

felt $25,000 was too low.

Turner said

the budget for regulatory fees was increased to $50,000. The fund would

be used to pay any fine that might be imposed by state environmental officials.

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