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ne supervisors received a final payment request from Baughn Construction Company, contractor on the jail renovation. Several items (exclusive of the rejected change order) remain unfinished, “so I haven’t yet certified completion,” Spencer reported. His list included a call door lock that doesn’t work, several lights on the control panel that don’t function correctly, a small section of the roof still unpainted and a rear door to the jail that doesn’t close properly. “I suggest you come up with a figure to withhold from the final payment ($30,183.29) until these items are done,” he told the board, proposing $1,000.

“It’s got to be more than that. It will get done a lot quicker if we withhold more than that,” said Baldwin.

“If it’s not more than $1,000, he won’t even come back to finish,” agreed Estes.

"It seems that $1,000 would be sufficient to cover the cost of the remaining work,” interjected chairman J. R. Latham. “We don’t want to make relations any worse."

“Will there be a deadline on getting the work done?” asked Baldwin. “$1,000 doesn’t mean anything to that man.”

Hubert Gilkey’s motion to withhold $5,000 from the final payment won unanimous approval. Clerk Diane Bruce was also authorized to pay that amount if the architect certifies the work before the board’s next meeting.

At Estes’ suggestion, the board directed that materials salvaged from the jail and returned by the contractor be offered at public auction to be conducted by the sheriff. “That will give everybody a chance to pick up an historical item from Rappahannock County’s past. That’s the reason why I wanted to see the salvage brought back to the county in the first place,” Estes said. ' *

The supervisors agreed ’’ to a proposal from Gilkey that one jail lock be held back from auction and donated to the Rappahannock County Historical Society.