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KENNESAW

City to spend $913,983 for truck route signs

The Kennesaw City Council approved Sept. 3 the expenditure of $913,983 for construction and installation of truck route signs.

These signs will be installed on North Main Street at Jiles Road, on Jiles Road at North Main Street and on Cherokee Street at Jiles Road as Phase I.

Phase II will be on Cherokee Street at Ben King Road.

For Phase I, Brooks Berry Haynie & Associates, Inc. was the low bidder at nearly $659,202.

The same company was the low bidder for Phase II at $254,781.

CAROLYN CUNNINGHAM FOR THE AJC

KENNESAW

City funds recreation center in Adams Park

The Kennesaw City Council voted Sept. 3 to pay $741,840 for initial work on the city’s new recreation center in Adams Park.

In 2016 Kennesaw voters approved the 2016 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) that included funding for this new recreation center.

For the project, Croy Engineering, LLC will provide architectural and engineering design services.

The new recreation center will be around 39,700 square feet.

Phase One will be about 21,500 square feet and Phase 2 approximately 18,200 square feet.

The project will be fully designed under this proposal but will be designed to be constructed in two phases.

The Scope of Services will include land surveying, civil engineering, architectural design, construction documents and construction administration.

CAROLYN CUNNINGHAM FOR THE AJC

Upcoming

■ Computer Classes by Goodwill of North Georgia staff. 10-11:30 a.m. on Mondays from Sept. 9 through Oct.

14. Free. Stratton Library, 1100 Powder Springs Road SW, Marietta.

This training for adults will include computer basics; an introduction to Microsoft Office suite: Word, PowerPoint and Excel; Google applications and G-Suites; internet skills; email; testing and certification. Register: Pat Ball at 770-528-2522. cobbcat.org

■ “Close Before You Doze” Video Contest. Voting open through 6 p.m. Sept. 15.

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