MC supervisors reverse course, decide better to use Cooks Corner funds for floor in 1950s gym
by Larry Chowning –
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors (MCBS) approved on a 3-1-1 vote March 2 to reallocate $22,627 to go towards placing a new gym floor at the Cooks Corner Office Complex (CCOC) building, versus installing two new windows in the Middlesex County Social Services (MCSS) conference room.
Supervisors approved a contract in February with Trinity USA Contracting (Trinity) of White Stone on a 3-2 vote to spend $830,761 to install new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and new electrical, windows and doors in the 1930s-era Tom Carter Memorial Gymnasium (TCMG) in the CCOC building.
The contract also included funds to install new windows and doors in the MCSS conference room. At the February meeting, the window installation issue prompted Jamaica District supervisor and board chairman Wayne Jessie and Harmony Village Supervisor Reggie Williams to vote against the motion to fund the entire $830,761 and award the low bid contract to Trinity.
Jessie and Williams were opposed to replacing any windows in the CCOC building because of the cost and because they said there are other county owned properties that need the funding.…
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