Starkville aldermen plan to accept a bid today for a Corinth-based construction company to add about 10,000 square feet, plus some extra parking, to the Starkville Utilities Department's current electric division building.
The expansion will allow the department to consolidate most of its operations under one roof by moving the water division staff from its current, aging building on North Washington Street to the electric division building at the intersection of Highways 82 and 182.
Having all the water and electric division staff in one location should increase communication and efficiency within SUD as a whole, General Manager Terry Kemp said.
"The intent would be to enhance our overall team effort and provide support at that one location," he said. "We'll be able to leverage resources between the two (divisions) even better than we are today."
Worsham Brothers Construction bid $1,978,000 for the project. The bid is on the consent agenda for tonight's board of aldermen meeting, meaning it will likely pass unanimously without discussion.
SUD worked with the JBHM architecture firm, which has offices in Tupelo and Jackson, on the preliminary plans for the expansion.
The city initially intended to take bids earlier this year and start working on the construction project in late spring. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the project, but Kemp said it should still take nine to 12 months as initially planned.
The site already has an elevated water tank, a well and a filtering system. The existing water division building will still be used for sampling and filtering, but employees will no longer be stationed there, Kemp said. The Starkville Wastewater Plant on Sand Road will remain where it is, and none of its staff will be transferred to the main building.
SUD should be able to break ground on the expansion within the next couple weeks, Kemp said.
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