The dirt has been turned, and things are starting to pick up at the newest manufacturer in Tate County.
Senatobia's Board of Aldermen accepted bids for foundations and building concrete, electrical grounding, and underground plumbing for the Twin Creeks Technologies site at their July 20 meeting.
Under a lease-purchase agreement, Senatobia is paying for the building and Twin Creeks will lease it back from them. Construction is financed with state funds.
Representatives from Walbridge Construction, the general contractors employed by Twin Creeks, as well as the company's own construction experts and local architect David Hale, presented their findings to the board for their approval.
The concrete bid, for $914,280, was awarded to Jetton Construction; electrical grounding was awarded to Overton electric for $69,100; and underground plumbing was awarded to Upchurch Plumbing for $73,700.
Hale said that many of the bids were coming in under projections.
Twin Creeks Technologies announced their location here on Good Friday, broke ground on Memorial Day weekend, and hopes to be producing solar panels here by the first quarter of 2011.
In a related move, the city voted to purchase a small tract of land, just over one acre, located between the Twin Creeks site and the new Entergy building.
Mayor Alan Callicott said the parcel, which was appraised at $50,000 and belonged to heirs of the Holmes family, had been offered to Entergy but was refused.
The board agreed it was in the city's best interest to purchase the property to add to the Twin Creeks land. The final purchase price was $50,750, with the city paying half the $1,500 appraisal fee.
All board members were present for the meeting.
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