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AGENDA ITEM ff4 <br /> VUi <br /> 200 EAST <ipG s'TPEE'r <br /> ;--1J1-LSS0PO4ltP4. PI-WTH CAROLANA 772.7i <br /> Orl ICE 06-- THE!E;UVERINIVr�NDEN't (!]tq) 732-SIZ6 <br /> March 14, 1980 <br /> Mr. Richard Whi ted, Chairman <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Hillsborough, NO 27278 <br /> Dear Mr. Whitted: <br /> I <br /> Re: Additional Appropriation Request <br /> On February I <br /> 14, 1980, a main section of bleaclaers in the Stanford Junior <br /> High School gymLasium collapsed just prior to the filling of that facility for <br /> I <br /> an afternoon basketball game. We were very fortunate to escape this situation <br /> with no serious inJuries or deaths. <br /> S <br /> We immediately called for an examination of the entire bleacher system at <br /> that school by la structural, engineer with the State Division of School Planning <br /> It was revealed that the bleachers are an inferior brand, and the company has <br /> si7nce gone out of business. They were installed in 1969 and structurally over-- <br /> hauled in 1914, The engineer concluded that the remaining bleacher sections were <br /> unsafe for fur�her use, and based on that fact we have begun to dismantle a.11 <br /> remaining bleacI hers in that gymnasium. <br /> The purpope of this communication is to request an additional appropriation <br /> which would act to amend Category I of our 1979-80 Capital Outlay rand ir. an <br /> amount suffici nt to adequately have replaced the entire bleacher system at <br /> Stanford Junio High School. The replacement involves a bank of bleacher seating <br /> 96 ft. long t; extend outward to 23 ft., 7 in. , of a telescopic nature, with <br /> structural capabilities as approved by the State Division of School Planning. <br /> Costs estimates for replacement are approximately $25 per seat, with a total of <br /> bleachers and I installation estimated at $30,000. The appropriation request is, <br /> however, for the actual project cost, with remittance of the appropriation if sa <br /> granted basedion the presentation of an approved invoice to the County Finance <br /> Director in an amount equal to the actual cost of the project. Competitive <br /> bids will be obtained in choosing a contractor for this project. <br /> This req I est is made r <br /> at the direction of the Orange County Board of Educatio <br /> as resolved a� their March 3, 1980, meeting, and is consistent with G. S. 115.129 <br /> and 115.133. <br /> Sincerely <br /> Mike Simnons <br /> Superintendent <br />