Although work will likely not be completed in time for this winter, energy upgrades are heating up at Bachman Community Center – in more ways than one.
“What I’m concerned about now is who is going to take responsibility for telling Walden everything is in compliance so when it goes to the state of Tennessee we’re not a pig and a puppet,” Walden Alderman David Epperson said during the November meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
The project is the result of a $50,000 federal grant being administered through the state. Bachman representatives have and continue to handle the details on this end.
“I just want to make sure we don’t have to repay grant money because we’re not dotting all the I’s and crossing all the T’s,” said Epperson. “I’m not trying to block what you’re doing or anything like that. I think it’s very commendable, and I want you all to go ahead and get the project completed.”
He and the rest of the board unanimously approved the lowest bids, as is required in cases of federal funding, for lighting, boiler and insulation work in November. But not without some discussion and hesitation concerning possible discrepancies and the completeness of varying bids.