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The commission approved the contract Monday to help improve energy efficiency and lower the county's energy bills.
Commissioners will vote on the contract at their regular meeting Monday.
Chevron has already performed an energy audit for the county to determine the cost of installing more energy efficient lighting, bathroom fixtures, thermostat controls and other measures.
Athens City Schools has employed a similar energy-savings program and officials are pleased with the results.
Mapping upgrade
In another large expenditure, the commission approved purchasing a Planimetric map from Intergraph Services Company for $195,375. County Engineer Richard Sanders said the system would provide accurate GIS base mapping layers.
"This is for aerial photography," said Sanders. "It is an updating of what we have, which is a 1997 model."
Other business
In other business, the commission approved:
--Contract homemaker services for Beth McCluskey for the Council on Aging;
--Agreement to resurface Elkton Road from the Athens city limits to CSX Railroad with federal funds paying for $597,520 and the county paying $149,380;
--Intersection improvements to Glaze and Quinn roads with federal funds paying $15,435 and county funds paying $1,715;
--Budget revision of $6,930 for the Town of Ardmore Senior Center;
--Reappointment of William Ellis, Wendell Powers and June Maplesden to the Department of Human Resources board with terms ending Oct. 1, 2015;
--Out-of-state travel for Ronald Rouse to travel by county vehicle to Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 28 to look at a boom truck; Rita White to travel by personal vehicle to a Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV Radiological Emergency Preparedness workshop in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 5-13;
--One or more new mid-size 4-by-4 SUVs for the Engineering Department from low bidder Family Ford Sales at $23,708;
--Promotion of Judy Harvey to chief clerk, Revenue Commissioner's Office, retroactive Oct. 7;
--Family medical leaves for Sandra Birdwell, Archives, Oct. 12-26; and Rodney Jackson, revenue enforcement, Oct. 9-16;
--Preliminary and final approval for re-subdividing tracts 5, 6 and 8, of Chastain Acres, off Myers Road in District 4;
--Accepted the deed for the north end of Hampton Cove Way in District 3. Sanders said that owners of the private drive had brought it up to county standards before turning it over;
--Set a 25 mph speed limit for Log Cabin Road, from U.S. 72, south to Holt Springer Road;
--Sale of a 14-by-80-foot mobile home, formerly used as the District 3 office, on GovDeals.com.
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