Macon company awarded $3.8M in paving contracts

The Macon-Bibb County Commission voted to award a contract for 9 more miles of road paving work at a special meeting early Tuesday.

The contract awarded to Professional Paving Services LLC, a company created a decade ago and registered to Amina Financial Solutions on Forsyth Road, is the second $1.9 million paving contract the county awarded to the company this month. 

The company provided estimates for both bids at $1.98 million, an amount well below estimates tendered by other companies.

Commissioners also approved an alcohol license for USA Grocer’s Mini Food Stores Inc. on Ingleside Avenue. The gas station was closed for a time after county inspectors redesignated it a vice mart upon finding it met the criteria. However, the store is now stocking fresh foods necessary for it to be reclassified as a food mart. 

Other items approved by the commission include:

• Appointment of Macon Transit Authority spokesperson Jami Gaudet to the pensions and retirements system board for a four-year term 

• An agreement with Coliseum Medical Center to rent 425 parking spaces on county-owned property at 200 Coliseum Drive for $8,102 per month. The agreement is for one year and stipulates a 3% increase in rent for each year thereafter

• Acceptance of $2.93 million local road assistance grant from GDOT with no local match required

• An independent contract agreement with Turner Construction Management LLC for $641,100 for renovations to the Piedmont Grand Opera House to be paid for using 2018 SPLOST money

• A purchasing order for Dell computers at a cost of $104,444 in general fund money