Author Archives: Kerr Tar COG Staff

Live Webinars on COVID-19 Vaccine

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The NC Division of Aging and Adult Services is hosting a series of live webinars to share the presentation: COVID-19 Vaccines: Your Best Shot Against COVID-19. In order to accommodate a variety of schedules, this presentation will be offered multiple times during four separate live webinars. The goals of the presentation are to provide you with important information about the current COVID-19 vaccines, equip you with the resources you need to better understand the vaccine roll-out process, and discuss where to go for more information.

RFQ for Professional Consulting Services

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The Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments (COG) invites interested parties to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to provide a Pandemic Response Addendum for the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).  The COG is looking for consulting firms with the documented experience providing writing CEDS or Addenda to CEDS for local governments.

For RFQ, click HERE.

For RFQ Letter, click HERE.

Resurfacing Projects Awarded for Granville, Franklin, Person, Vance and Warren Counties

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Thanks to four new contracts awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation, totaling nearly $4.5 million, more than 70 miles of area roadway will be resurfaced.

  • Under a $2.76 million contract, ST Wooten Corporation of Wilson will mill and resurface pavement and improve shoulders along 27.9 miles of state-maintained roads throughout Granville and Vance counties.
  • Under a $700,414 contract, Fred Smith Company of Raleigh will mill and resurface pavement and improve shoulders along 16.3 miles of state-maintained roads throughout Granville, Vance and Warren counties.
  • Under a $663,670 contract, Whitehurst Paving of Richmond, Va. will mill and resurface pavement and improve shoulders along 17.9 miles of state-maintained roads throughout Franklin County.
  • Under a $338,714 contract, Carolina Road Solutions of Center Valley, Pa. will mill and resurface pavement and improve shoulders along 8.1 miles of state-maintained roads throughout Person County.

This work will start by this summer and must be complete by August 2022.

Prevent Medicare Fraud

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As COVID-19 vaccines become more readily available, it’s important to keep your guard up to prevent fraudulent activity relating to Medicare.  Medicare covers the COVID-19 vaccine at no cost to you, so if anyone asks you to share your Medicare Number or pay for access to the vaccine, you can bet it’s a scam.

Here are some important things to know:

  • You can’t pay to put your name on a list to get the vaccine
  • You can’t pay to get early access to the vaccine
  • Don’t share your personal or financial information if someone calls, texts, or emails you promising access to the vaccine for a fee.

Con artists may try to get your Medicare Number or personal information so they can steal your identity and commit Medicare fraud.  Medicare fraud results in higher healthcare costs and taxes for everyone.  Share this information with anyone you know who has Medicare.