Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 3, 1994 TAG: 9403040029
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-7 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By BRIAN KELLEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG LENGTH: Short
The vote to pay Laramore Construction Co. a total of $434,585 rather than the original $373,058 came after months of closed-door discussions involving the Montgomery supervisors, their hired engineers and Laramore officials.
The delay came as the supervisors considered, then rejected, several other alternatives for preparing the site, said Supervisor Joe Gorman.
The supervisors cited a section of state law that allows them to skip the normal competitive bid process and modify an original contract because it would not be practical to have two companies working at the same site simultaneously.
In October, the supervisors hired Laramore to remove soil from the site of the future recycling center and use it to close an older, 11.5-acre portion of the landfill. Beefed-up federal regulations required the county to close that portion of the landfill because if lacks a double liner underneath it, unlike the majority of the landfill.
The company was also to clear soil for an access road to a portion of the former Virginia Tech horticultural farm behind what is now the Market Place shopping center at Virginia 114 and U.S. 460.
Under the revised contract, Laramore will remove far more soil and stockpile it elsewhere on the landfill property for future use. The Danville-based company will then grade the site to prepare it for the recycling center construction.
The target to complete the work is July 1, Gorman said.
by CNB