Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-03-19
Towns Offer OLA Trade
TurnedDown Reynolds

wednesday night offered r. T..
(Pctc) Reynolds trade in
which they would pay Reynolds
Sl.700 less than called for in
contracts between Reynolds and
the town if Reynolds would fin
iSh all work on plans and Specifi-
cations for three civic projects.
Reynolds rejected the offer
completely.
The board offered $3.50 upon
completion of plans for a sew.
er project and another $3.50
upon completion of street paw.
ing plans. A water project al.
ready has been completed.
Declaring that he had exhaust
ed his personal funds in carry
ing on the work SO far, Reynolds
said the board, in refusing TO ad-
vance money which Reynolds
claims is now due. is making
it impossible for me TO 60
ahead"
Commissioner Robert Soles
made the motion that Reynolds
be paid half of a $4,000 balance
on the projects and the motion
was seconded by Commissioner
Horace Roberts.
The third commissioner, r.
D. Stevens, voted against the
proposal with the statement:
I'm against it,"
the dispute between Reynolds
and the town board has been
simmering since the present
board took office last July, the
board contending that Reynolds
had resigned all connections with
the town prior to its taking Of
flee; and Reynolds contending
that 4 contract between the
town and his firm of Eutsler
and Reynolds, Engineers, is still
valid.
The engineering firm was re-
tanned by the town two years
ago to prepare plans and spec.
ifications for three improve.
ment projects-water. sewer
and streets. Under contract
signed after the work actual.
ly got underway. the engineers
were to be paid 6 per cent Of
the projects for preparing
| plans and specifications-or
total of $500 on the three
! projects.
! A total of $4,000 has already
/ been paid and it was the re.
manning S3.400 that the town
board offered to split with
Reynolds.
All funds used for paying the
engineers so far and any funds
paid them in the future would
como from the Federal Govern
ment under a Federal Works
Agency program.
None of the money is refund
able until and unless the town
goes ahead with one of the pro-
jects-Whereupon the engineer
ing fee would have to be repaid
the FWA.
AS things stand now, Reynolds
has received an advance Of one
half on the three projects and
claims he is due another 81 200
for completion of the water
project.
The town board says Reynolds
has received $1,000 more than
entitled TO because his fee on
the water project is $1,000 and
that is all the work he has COM
pleted.
The board stated in offering
the proposal that it considers
the original contract with Eut.
sler and Reynolds as expired
and that a continuation of the
work by Reynolds would be
under an entirely new contract.
The members also emphasized
the fact that they were PROPOSE
tioning Reynolds to finish the
plans and specifications and not
for any engineering work in
carrying out plans.
In making the proposal, the
board expressed the opinion
that the original estimates on
the proposed civic projects had
been set too high and that doing
all Of the work was out Of Ia.
Dor City's financial range.
Although indicating that ii is
ready to proceed with the Wa.
ter project, the board expressed
the belief that 1t would not use
the sewer and street prof ect
plans-certainly not at any time
in the near future.