News Outlook Your Hometown Newspaper November 08, 2012- 7
LOCAL NEWS
Sharpsburg Community Bath GraJ00d Jury Indictments
Center project ready for bid
by Cecil Lawson
Teresa Shields, left, looks over the specification books for the proposed
Sharpsburg Community Center, while city council members, Mayor Dorothy
Clemens, and City Clerk Rob Lane look over the plans.
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
Sharpsburg's com-
munity center project is
back on track for now,
following Monday's reg-
ular November meeting
of the Sharpsburg City
Council.
Teresa Shields, with
were on hand to inspect
the site.
Shields noted that at
least two other contrac-
tors had picked up the
plans and specifications
for the project but were
not present at the meet-
ing.
Shields passed out a
timeline to council mem-
bers. On November 14,
the Gateway Area De- at 10 a.m., bids for the
velopment District, was :project will be opened
on hand at the meeting at Sharpsburg City Hall.
to discuss Monday's
pre-bid meeting with
contractors and to walk
city council members
through the project's
prospective timeline.
The community cen-
ter project had to be re-
bid this fall following an
The bid winner is set to
be officially announced
at the Dec. 3 regular
meeting of the city coun-
cil.
"I'm going to keep
my fingers crossed that
we get good bids by the
14th," Shields said.
unexpected over-bid on Shields and the city
the pro]ect,it June., ,jc,, council members did
chitect Greg ?itzsimons
came up with sugges-
tions to lower the price
through various chang-
es to the construction
plans, and the project
went up for rebid on Oct.
25.
Shields, Mayor Doro-
thy Clemons, and a
number of city council
members were on hand
for pre-bid meeting with
prospective contractors
on Monday morning at
the community center
site at the old Sharps-
burg school building.
Representatives from
The Walker Company,
from Mt. Sterling; RJ
Construction, from
Vanceburg; and BRP
from London
express some concern
after looking through
the specification books
included with the plans
that there was no item-
ized bid list as well as a
separate bid schedule
for the gymnasium side
of the community center
included.
Mayor Clemons, City
Clerk Rob Lane, and
council members agreed
that the itemized bid list
was supposed to be a
central feature of Greg
Fitzsimons' efforts to
prepare the project for
rebid. Shields said that
she would contact Fitzsi-
mons by email that eve-
ning and find out. She
noted that the list and
separate schedule could
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In other actions, city
council members also:
approved a second
reading of the 2012 city
• property taxes. Approv-
al of the property tax
rates was delayed for a
month following the dis-
covery of a mistake in
the state's property tax
assessment paperwork
for the city;
heard from Mayor
Clemons on the sewer
line extension project to
the McClain property on
Main Street. Clemons
said that engineer Alan
Justice is completing the
paperwork for the proj-
ect to begin and that ap-
proval will be required
from the county. Clem-
ons Mso reported that
there is a problem with
the new pump station on
Forest Avenue, but that
Steve Faudere would be
speaking with an electri-
cian about the problem
on Tuesday.
heard Mayor Clem-
ons say that the Sharps-
burg Christmas Parade
would be held this year
on Saturday, November
17, at noon. Clemons
said that there will also
be vendors and food
available from 8 a.m. to
I p.m. that day.
The next regular meet-
ing of the Sharpsburg
City Council is sched-
uled for Monday, De-
cember 3, 7 p.m. at City
Hall.
FIZER
By Cecil Lawson
KyNewsGroup
cecil@kynewsgroup.com
The Bath County Grand
Jury met last Thursday for
its November term and
returned seven felony in-
dictments, continued three
cases, and dismissed one
case.
Derrick J. Helton, 22,
was indicted for a single
count of theft by unlawful
taking, over $500 and less
than $10,000, when he al-
legedly took an ATV be-
longing to Gary Adams on
Aug. 25 valued at $2000.
Dept. Sheriff Johnny
Botts appeared before the
Grand Jury as a witness for
the Commonwealth in this
case.
Joseph Malcolm Ander-
son, 36, was indicted for
one count of assault, third
degree; one count of pub-
lic intoxication, controlled
substance; two counts of
resisting arrest; one count
of criminal mischief, third
degree; and disorderly
conduct, second degree.
These charges stem
:from an Oct. 8 incident in
which Anderson was ar-
rested on Riddle Road in
Bath County for allegedly
being under the influence
of drugs and allegedly at-
tempting to hit Dept. John-
ny Botts, escape from his
custody, and attempt to es-
cape from Kentucky State
Police Trooper Nathan
Shortridge. He is also ac-
cused of damaging a bench
at the Bath County Dis-
patch Office while hand-
cuffed to it.
Dept. Botts appeared
before the Grand Jury as
a witness for the Common-
wealth in this case.
Margina Bledsoe: 35,
was indicted on a single
count of SNAP Benefit Pro-
gram Fraud, for allegedly
making false statements
and failing to disclose ma-
terial factors affecting her
eligibility from Dec. 2010
through April 2011 and
June 2011 through Aug.
2012. She received ben-
efits during this time peri-
ods amounting to 88894.
Ricky N. Maze, 49, was
indicted on one count of
theft by unlawful taking,
over $500 and less than
$10,000; one cbunt of flee-
ing/evading police, sec-
ond degree; one count of
alcohol intoxication in a
public place; and one count
of resisting arrest. These
charge stem from an in-
cident on Oct. 8 in which
Maze allegedly took tools
from a truck belong to
Gerald Curtis valued at
$77. He was also allegedly
drunk at Mountain View
Estates in Owingsville and
fled on foot from Owings-
ville Police Officer Bud Ly-
ons and resisted arrest.
Officer Lyons testified
before the Grand Jury as
a witness for the Common-
wealth in this case.
Paul D. Jolly, 49, was
indicted on one count of
criminal possession of a
forged instrument, second
degree, for allegedly pass-
ing a forged check in the
amount of $200 on the ac-
count of Shauna Garrett
from the Deposit Bank of
Carlisle at Town and Coun-
try in Owingsville on July
10.
Jolly was also indicted
on one count of being a
persistent felony offender
for previous convictions
for theft by unlawful tak-
ing, over $300, in Nicholas
Circuit Court in March
009, and for two counts of
forgery, second degree, by
Bourbon Circuit Court in
December 1995.
Dept. Botts of the Bath
County Sheriff's Office ap-
peared before the Grand
Jury as a witness for the
Commonwealth.
Charles Andrew John-
son, 59, was indicted on two
counts of wanton endan-
germent, first degree; one
count of operating a motor
vehicle under the influence
of alcohol/drugs; and one
count of failure of an own-
er/operator to maintain re-
quired insurance/security,
first offense. Johnson is
accused of allegedly oper-
ating a motor vehicle un-
der the influence on ,,!ay
15 and striking a w:,hicle
driven by Brittany Lclnay,
who had her one month old
daughter as a passen.e.er.
Kentucky State l'olice
Trooper James Bowling
appeared before the (: rand
Jury as a witness fo- the
defense in this case.
Charles Andrew Johnson
also received a separate in-
dictment for trafficking in
marijuana, for allegedly be-
ing in possession of more
than 8 oz. of marijuana with
the intent to sell or transfer
on May 15.
The next session of the
Grand Jury is scheduled
for Thursday, December
13.
An indictment from a
grand jury is a formal accu-
sation against an individual
and is not a conviction. The
indictment simply slates
charges made against an
individual accused of a
crime before the case is
turned over to a prosecu-
tor.
All persons are consid-
ered innocent until proven
guilty or pleading guilly.
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