Historic Fayette County courthouse to get a roof-lift

Unless there are some late changes to the agenda, it could be a short night for the Fayette County Board of Commissioners at its Feb. 12 meeting.

The only items up for approval are on the consent agenda, which typically is approved without public discussion.

Items on the consent agenda include:

Approval of the appointment of current county attorney Dennis Davenport as the boards attorney for the 2015 calendar year.

Approval of staffs request to award Bid #928B (Historic Courthouse Roofing Project) to Skyline Construction Services Inc., including a base bid in the amount of $189,715 and an alternate in the amount of $4,800, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $194,515.

The current roof was installed after a major fire in 1982, according to staff, and incidental maintenance repairs have been made since that time as needed.

County officials now believe it is time to comprehensively address the functional and cosmetic deterioration of the roof before a complete replacement is required. Work under this contract will address such items as the replacement of broken, damaged, missing or deteriorated roof slates; replacement of gutters, flashing and hip ridge caps; cleaning off mildew, and other related work.

The old courthouse had lost most of its county government and judicial tenants by the late 1980s, which are now housed either in the county administrative complex adjacent to the courthouse square in Fayetteville or at the county justice center about four blocks away. It currently is home to the Fayette County Development Authority.

Approval of staffs request to adopt Ordinance 2015-02, enacting provisions pertaining to the Multifamily Residential Sprinkler Code by designating Sections 12-139 through 12-149 of Article V of Chapter 12 as Reserved, and by creating a new Article VI, pertaining to Multifamily Residential Sprinkler Code, in Chapter 12.

When an ordinance enacting a new county code was adopted in April of last year, it codified 79 county ordinances in a process that took more than one year to complete. During that process a portion of the previous code pertaining to sprinkler systems in multifamily buildings was removed in error. Upon review by the public safety department in consultation with the county attorney, it was determined that the portion left out of the county code needed to be changed and updated.

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Historic Fayette County courthouse to get a roof-lift