The Fayette

County Water System plans to beef up security at its water treatment plants.

The new security

system will provide card access control to all buildings at the plants

and motion detectors on all windows. An intercom system will also be installed.

The water committee

voted to recommend to the Fayette County Commission that the low bidder,

Ultimate Security, be awarded the contract for the work. Ultimate bid

$310,000 for the project and has done other work for the county, it was

noted.

Chairman Chuck

Watkins abstained from the vote, saying his daughter babysits for the

owner of the company.

The water committee

also voted to recommend awarding a bid to repaint the exteriors of two

water tanks in Peachtree City. The low bidder was Tank Pro at $146,845.

The price covers repainting the tanks only, not the support columns of

both tanks.

One of the

tanks is located off Crabapple Lane; the other is adjacent to The Avenue

in Peachtree City retail center.

The committee

is also recommending to the county commission that a bid to install miscellaneous

water meters be awarded to Shockley Plumbing for $71,400. This is the

final phase of a program to install special water meters that transmit

readings via radio signals so employees don't have to stop at each meter

to take a reading.

The meter installations

for the final phase need more plumbing work than the previous phases,

said Water System Director Tony Parrott.