Members of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors accepted a bid from R & R Construction during their Aug. 31 meeting to build a new Southeast Winona voting precinct.
The building will be on Liberty Street in the location of the recently demolished Emergency Operations Center, which once served as the Southeast Winona precinct, according to Montgomery County Chancery Clerk Ryan Wood.
“We’re going to build a new building there that will be one of the District Four voting precincts. It’s the one where they had been voting at the old City Hall,” said Wood.
Supervisors accepted a $66,000 bid from R & R Construction for the new building in a 4-1 vote with Supervisor Ronald White voting against.
“We’re constructing a building there that is going to serve [as a precinct], and it will be much nicer and much more accessible,” said Wood. “It’s expected to be completed by November. They have told us that it will be ready by November.”
In other board news,
• Supervisors approved payroll of Wood for duties of comptroller, records restorations and other statutory duties for August.
• They approved the docket of claims and payroll for August.
• Board members accepted the resignation of Lee Bailey as public defender.
• They accepted the circuit judge’s order appointing Payne Horan as public defender.
• Supervisors accepted the lowest quote from Steve Daves A/C for a new unit at the Montgomery County Courthouse.
• They agreed to advertise county resources in Montgomery County Arts Council Hill Fire program in the amount of $450.
• They authorized Board President Ron Wood to sign for a Biewer cap loan project.
• They authorized Ron Wood to sign an extension letter for a home project.
• Board members authorized Ryan Wood to open a new bank account for infrastructure improvements bond money.
