TIM PRATT
STARKVILLE — The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors Monday opened bids on a facility to replace the county schools’ central office, which was damaged in 2005.
Supervisors also offered their official support to an expansion project at Oktibbeha County Hospital and prepared to open bids on its upcoming renovation.
Supervisors opened bids on the new Oktibbeha County Education Building, set for construction next to the Oktibbeha County Courthouse Annex on West Main Street. The two-story, 8,500-square-foot structure will house the school district’s administrative offices and be located at the site of the former New Process Cleaners and the old county schools administration building. Demolition on the two existing buildings began this weekend.
The board took the 10 contractors’ bids under advisement and has 45 days to accept one, Board President Marvell Howard said. Bids ranged from $2.18 million to $2.56 million.
The school district moved out of the former education building after it was damaged in Hurricane Katrina, District 5 Supervisor John Young said. The county received $1.6 million from the Mississippi Development Authority to help pay for the new central office building. County school officials currently use the Hudson’s Dirt Cheap building on Louisville Street as their central office.
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