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Ball field
bids in to
supervisors
BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock News Special Writer
In what will be considered good news for Rappahannock school athletes, County Administrator John McCarthy reported to the Board of Supervisors that seven bids had been received for the earth moving phase of the new ball field construction. McCarthy noted that the apparent low qualified bidder, Samuel James Construction of Culpeper, had tendered an offer of $106,262.82 for the work.
In what might be considered even better news for county taxpayers, the Samuel James bid and estimates for the balance of the work total roughly $150,000, some $80,000 under original county estimates.
Nonetheless, the funding for the ball field and for school roof repairs will require an amendment of the county’s FY2000 budget, and a public hearing has been .scheduled on the matter on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1999, at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse in Washington.
The athletic fields, to be located on the former Armentrout property near the elementary school, will not initially include dugouts or other structures, but the county may seek volunteer assistance to build them in the spring. In the Public Comments
See BOARD, Page A7
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