Scott County: Bid for final section of courthouse roof awarded

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

BENTON, Mo. -- Work on the fourth -- and final -- section of the Scott County Courthouse roof will begin in the coming weeks as the bid for the project was awarded during Tuesday's commission meeting.

Presiding Scott County Commissioner Jamie Burger, First District Commissioner Dennis Ziegenhorn and Second District Commissioner Donnie Kiefer awarded the roof replacement project to the sole bidder, Riverside Roofing Co. LLC of Cape Girardeau, for the amount of $138,542.

Riverside Roofing completed the three previous sections of the roof replacement at the courthouse. Due to the extent of the project to replace the entire roof of the courthouse, the project was broken into four phases over the past few years.

Work is anticipated to take place between April 1 and May 31. This work will complete the entire roof replacement of the courthouse, the commissioners noted.

This final section of roof replacement is located in the back of the courthouse and above the courtroom on the second floor.

Kyle Schuessler, owner/project manager for Riverside Roofing, said drilling through the layers of roof, specifically the section above the courtroom, will take an estimated two weeks.

"It's not a fast process," he told the commission.

As a result, Burger and County Clerk Rita Milam said they will check with the court staff about their schedules and determine a target date of when the work above the courtroom will take place.

Also on Tuesday, Miner's new Director of Economic Development and Tourism Ed Dust along with City Clerk Darrin Skinner presented information to the Scott County Commission.

"We just wanted to introduce ourselves and even though they knew us, to let them know we'd be calling on them for information. I just think it's common courtesy. ... and to let them know that I wasn't too far down the road a few months ago," said Dust, who previously worked as the economic development director for the city of Sikeston. "I wanted to refresh the commissioners that the city of Miner is all in Scott County."

Dust said while at the courthouse he also also picked up a color arial map of the city of Miner.

"When I'm talking about a piece of ground, I want to see it," he said.

In addition to visiting with the commissioners, Dust said he and Skinner introduced themselves to all the elected officials at the courthouse.

"Ed has a lot of ambition for our region and so he's coming back to work and he wanted to tell the county," Ziegenhorn said. "If there's anything we can do to help, we will."

Burger and Kiefer agreed.

"We're excited with Ed Dust representing Miner," Burger said of the commission. "The benefit for Scott County and the area will be huge. We're looking ahead to a brighter future with Ed utilizing his contacts and expertise in economic development."

In other business, the commissioners approved placing an ad in the Standard Democrat to sell the highway department's 2000 Peterbilt dump truck.

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