The Transfer Station is Big Business

Operation of the Adair County Solid Waste transfer is big businesss. The contract over a 10 year year period is estimated to be worth a minimum of $3,000,000, to a as much as $439,383,000.

The numbers are based on:

1. The franchise fee, 2% of gross, which last year yielded approximately $6,000, which would extrapolate to $300,000 per year.
2. The bid from Mid-State Waste, of $38.73 per ton. Judge Vaughn used a 34 ton per day estimate and 312 days per year in his estimates. Using those same figures, the annual charges by Mid-State would calculate to $410,592 per year, of $4,105,920 over the 10 year life of the contract.
3. The bid from Taylor Transfer, Columbia, was $41.42. Using the same 34 tons per day, 312 receiving days a year, the total per year would be $439,383.36 per year, or $4,393,833.60 over the 10 year life of the contract.

1. Winterhawk Construction, Albany, $52,500.00

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2. David McLean and Phillip Cook, Columbia, $55,543.00

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3. S & P Carpets, Richmond, KY, $52,995.00

• The court approved the bills, 7-0, without discussion
• Approved road work, 7-0
• Approved Jailer William "Bug" Knight's report, which showed Total Billing of $78,825, less Adair County's cost of $17,910, leaving $55,915 to be billed. Added to this was booking fees of $2,196, medical fees of $86, per diem charges to inmates of %5,415, for a Total to be billed of %63,614.00.
• Approved the financial report, 7-0, with no discussion
• Approved the quarterly report with contingent liabilities, 7-0, with no discussion
• Approved the report of Sheriff Steve Cheatham who reported $11,593.20 in franchise fees collected in September. Sheriff Cheatham sought and received unanimous approval to dispose of 3 surplus vehicles and to apply the proceeds to indebtedness of the four new sheriff's prowlers recently purchased.
• Approved court orders, budget transfers, and the Nunc Pro Tunc Order (Latin for "Now for Then") to clarify that Joe Whittington was hired at an earlier meeting as a temporary, part-time employee. The votes were all 7-0
• Approved an easement to lay a water line on Antioch Church Road in District 4, 7-0; and approved second reading, 7-0, of a right-of-way for security light at no cost to county, for Oxford Place, also in District 4.
• Gave first reading of an easement to run electric, Rogers Lane, which was approved 7-0.
• Voted 7-0 to appoint Chad Brown and Jeff Hatcher to view Phipps-Keltner Road, along with Road Foreman Jobe Darnell, to determine suitability for discontinuance. The road is in District 5.
• Voted unanimously, 7-0, to approve the restrictive custody budget.
• Voted unanimously to approve the reading of the roads relating to Combest Rd, Wagon Wheel Road, and Scooter Lane. The members of the court also received a proposed fire alarm ordinance, which will been a future court agenda.