The Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday signed off on $1 million in stimulus-funded paving projects, spending most of the $1.35 million it received from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The county also awarded a $202,430 contract to build a football field at East Hamilton Middle/High School, with most of the money coming from Commissioner Larry Henry’s discretionary fund.
The federal stimulus will cover paving of nine roads all told. County Engineer Todd Leamon said most of the roads had not been paved in 15 years and were cracked and full of potholes.
In other action, the commission re-appointed Don Haynes, Phil Smartt and Louis Wright to five-year terms on the county Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority.