The Shelby County Commission awarded a bid Monday for the new county license office building and parking lot expansion.

The new office and parking lot is planned for the site of the old Shelby County Jail.

CannDauson Construction in Prattville was awarded the bid at some $1.53 million for the one-story structure and parking lot.

County Manager Alex Dudchock has said previously the 8,500-square-foot facility will feature two operating units, the license office and a driver&8217;s license testing site operated by the state of Alabama.

The commission also noted that only one bid was received for each of the following: state certified concrete, general concrete mix, pressure creosoted timbers, erosion control items and seed and fertilizer.

The purchase of those items will be negotiated according to bid law.

Commissioners also appointed William &8220;Billy&8221; Hill to the Community Corrections Board to serve as the appointment associated with the public defender&8217;s office.

In other business, the commissioners voted unanimously in favor of a resolution endorsing the induction of Jim &8220;Peanut&8221; Davenport into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

According to the resolution, Davenport was born in Siluria (Alabaster) in 1933 and attended Thompson High School, where he was an All-State quarterback.

He attended the University of South Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss., on a football scholarship. He played both football and baseball.

He signed a contract with the San Francisco Giants during his junior year and was a member of the original Giants baseball team in 1958, one of the league&8217;s premiere third basemen and contended for Rookie of the Year honors.

He was also noted as Best Bunter Around and topped the National League with 17 sacrifices that year as well as being known as one of the league&8217;s fastest base runners.

He led the NL in fielding percentages from 1959-61, won the Golden Glove Award in 1962, initiated four double plays as a third baseman in the 1962 World Series (a record which still stands) and established the NL record for consecutive errorless games by a third basemen (97) from July 1966 to April 1968.

Following his playing career, he has worked with four different ball clubs, San Francisco, San Diego, Philadelphia and Detroit, as a coach, manager, defensive strategist, defensive observer and advance scout