Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 15.2-2507 of the Code of Virginia and amendments thereto, that the Wythe County Board of Supervisors intends to consider an amendment to increase the FY 2025 budget for carryover projects from FY 2024 as follows:   

ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION PROPOSED CARRYOVER
1101 Board of Supervisors 20,000.00
1202 County Administration 20,000.00
1204 Financial Administration 133,000.00
1205 Technology 92,900.00
1213 Treasurer 4,200.00
1301 Electoral Board 6,200.00
3204 Wythe County Emergency Services 508,082.00
3401 Building Inspection 3,722.00
3506 Consolidated Dispatch 250,000.00
4100 Road Construction 1,278,388.00
4203 Refuse Collection 267,000.00
43042 Courthouse Building 367,000.00
43054 Franklin Street Building 97,000.00
43055 Exit 77 Exposition Building 25,000.00
6101 Schools 4,992,151.00
7105 RR Lake Swimming Pool 5,000.00
7110 RR Lake Campground 3,500.00
7111 Ager Park 6,000.00
81061 Wythe County Progress Park 50,000.00
9000 Capital Projects – County 5,800,001.00
9050 Capital Projects – Water 20,798,076.00
9060 Capital Projects – Wastewater 11,779,592.00
TOTAL 46,506,812.00

 

A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon as practicable thereafter, in the Board Room of the County Administration Building, 340 South Sixth Street, Wytheville, Virginia 24382 to hear public comment on the proposed budget amendment.

The Wythe County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to give the citizens served by the Wythe County wastewater system an opportunity to comment on a proposed rate increase. In accordance with the Code of Virginia Section 15.2-2119, and subsequent revisions, the Wythe County Board of Supervisors proposes to change the rates charged for wastewater as follows: 

Residential Wastewater Rates: 

Rate Type Volume Charge Current Rate Proposed Rate
Base Rate First 3,000 gallons $22.00 $24.20
Above Base Rate Per 1,000 gallons $6.90 $7.59

 

Commercial Wastewater Rates:

Rate Type Volume Charge Current Rate Proposed Rate
Base Rate First 4,000 gallons $55.00 $60.50
Above Base Rate Per 1,000 gallons $8.85 $9.74

The public hearing will be conducted on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, beginning at or about 6:00 p.m. and may be continued if necessary. The public hearing will be held in the Board Room of the County Administration Building, 340 South Sixth Street, Wytheville, Virginia.

The Wythe County Board of Supervisors (“WCBOS”) is soliciting bids from qualified contractors to provide grading, concrete work, and paving for parking lot along Franklin Street in the Town of Wytheville.

The WCBOS intends to construct a small parking lot adjacent to the building at 440 West Franklin Street in the Town of Wytheville Virginia. The scope of construction services may include: cutting existing concrete curb and sidewalk, demo and removal of concrete, removal of topsoil, hauling topsoil to the Administration Building yard, installing and compacting VDOT 21B stone, forming and pouring the concrete (entrance, sidewalk and drainage trench), and installing Asphalt Pavement.

Bids shall be labeled "FRANKLIN STREET PHASE 4 PARKING LOT" and be received at the below address on June 28th 2024 by 2 pm.

Wythe County Board of Supervisors
Attn: Stephen Bear, County Administrator
340 South 6th Street
Wytheville, VA 24382

CLICK HERE FOR BID SPECIFICATIONS, PLANS AND BID FORM

Questions or visit requests should be directed to Johnny Kincer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (276) 223-4512.

Wythe County reserves the right to reject any or all bids received.

The Wythe County Board of Supervisors (“WCBOS”) is soliciting bids from qualified contractors to provide grading, tree removal, and installation of gravel access road and parking lot at:

1. Kents Lane, Wythe County Virginia.
2. Lampkins Road, Wythe County Virginia.

The WCBOS intends to construct two free kayak portages, a “put in” and a “take out” at Kents Lane and Ramsey Mountain Road in Wythe County Virginia, as per a grant award from the Virgina Outdoor Foundation (VOF). The scope of construction services include: tree removal, grading of the land, gravel access road and gravel parking. A VDOT permit for the Entrance at Lampkins Road has been acquired by Wythe County.

Contractors wishing to submit a bid shall provide:
1. BID Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable Surety in the amount of 5% made payable to Wythe County, Virginia.
2. A performance Bond to include materials and labor will be required and the cost will be included in the bid price.
3. Provide a copy of the Contractors license issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
4. Schedule a pre bid site visit with Wythe County Engineering Department.

Bids will be received at the below address on July 19, 2024 by 2 pm.

Wythe County Board of Supervisors
Attn: Stephen Bear, County Administrator
340 South 6th Street
Wytheville, VA 24382

Bids shall be labeled “VOF Portage Proposal – Kents Lane and Lampkins Road”

FULL SCOPE & BID FORM

KENTS LANE

LAMPINS ROAD

Wythe County is seeking unsealed lump-sum bids for additions and modifications to the County’s water facility SCADA system and associated facility improvements. Bids will be received until 2:00 pm, local prevailing time on Tuesday July 30, 2024.

The base contract work generally consists of installation of a new remote telemetry unit at the Max Meadows Tank, installation of a new remote telemetry unit and pump control panel at the Collins Booster Station, replacement of a PLC and radio pair at the Rakestown Booster Station and Tank, installation of a new cell modem to replace a radio at the existing Grayson Tank RTU, and associated upgrades to the Master SCADA system to interface with the new controllers.  Work at the Collins Booster Station also includes installation of new variable frequency drives to replace existing starters and piping modifications to disconnect an existing abandoned ground storage tank.  Troubleshooting and programming modifications to the Route 11 Booster Station SCADA remote control interface will be an additional work task to be performed on time and material basis beyond the base contract scope.

A Bid Form is included in Attachment A of the RFB documents (found at links below).

Bids will be received by:
Johnny Kincer
County Engineer
340 South 6th Street
Wytheville, VA 24382

or may be transmitted digitally to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Bids received after the deadline will not be considered.  All mailed Bids shall be in an opaque envelope marked “Bid – Wythe County 2024 Water Facility SCADA Expansion”

RFB BID DOCUMENT & BID FORM

RFB SPECIFICATIONS

RFB EXHIBITS