Still On Budget For Convention Center

St. Clair County Board of Commissioners met last night for their regular meeting and approved five contracts, for more than $3 million with construction companies to expand the Smiths Creek Sanitary Landfill.  According to County Commissioner Jeff Bohm, construction is expected to begin within the next 30 days on a 1.3 million cubic yard expansion.  Also approved was a contract with Marysville’s Campbell & Shaw Steel company for the steel structure portion of the Blue Water Area Convention Center, completing the major contracts for the building.  According to County Administrator Bill Kauffman, with the major contracts in place, they are still on budget for the project.