Supervisors  delay construction of new ballfield in Tubac
 
By Jim Lamb
Green Valley News

NOGALES—Construction of the Tubac ballfield has been delayed another week as the Santa Cruz County public works department determines if the apparent low bidder, who is licensed , holds the appropriate certificate to do the work.

The county supervisors tabled contract awarding Tuesday for another week.

In other action the supervisors:

•Learned the county will finish the year $700,000 ahead of last year,
•Took action to fill positions being vacated by two well-known county employees and
•Revised the county’s street and road naming ordinance.

The county has been trying to build a ballpark south of Tubac on donated land since 1995. The county has received partial funding of $110,000 from state Heritage Fund money. The project first went to bid last October but the bids were too high. Plans were revised and a new call for bids was issued.

The apparent low bid of $196,480 was submitted by Burns Construction Co. of Tubac. 

Runner up bidder, M. Anderson Construction Corp. of Tucson, questioned whether Burns has the appropriate state license.  Anderson bid $199,949.50,
Victor Gabilondo, county public works director, said Burns has a B1 commercial building license, but Anderson claimed that a Class A engineering permit was required for this job.

Gabilondo said he checked with the state contractors licensing office and should know by next Tuesday if a B1 is acceptable for the job.

Gabilondo said owner Milton Burns told him that he uses only licensed subcontractors for work he’s not licensed to do, such as using licensed plumbers when he builds a new house.

The final financial report of the year shows an estimated general fund balance on Dec. 31 of $2,456,956 compared to $1,751,213 a year ago.

Supervisors approved hiring an Emergency Services Director/Animal Control Director - Trainee to succeed Laurence “Mac” McWilliams who has announced plans to retire. The board also approved advertising outside the county for a successor.

McWilliams has been a county employee since October 1985.

The board also approved filling the position of building inspector now held by Bill Shipitalo who has been with the county since October 1994. He’s leaving to be a project director at Nogales Public Schools.

The revised street naming and numbering ordinance calls for all roads in the county—whether public or private—to have name signs on them. The county will pay for them. 

Public road signs will be white on green and private road signs will be white on red.
The supervisors said naming all streets was for safety so emergency vehicles could find an address more quickly.

The ordinance will also permit developers to install their own street signs in a development if they are easily read and understood. Persons can also petition to rename a street, but it costs $200 to apply and $80 for each street sign changed if approved.

 
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