As such, the actual came in more that 5 million LESS/better!! Previously at the July 6th Town Board meeting, the engineering and construction management actual contracts during both the design and construction phases were shown to be $300,000 LESS/better than what had been estimated in the February 23rd bonding. As previously stated, the estimate on these five(5) contracts that went into the Febru$28 million bond resolution was $23 million.
The Town Clerk opened those sealed bids on July 19th at an open to the public meeting in the Town Board room.Īwarding of the Low bids: The August 3rd Town Board meeting has these five(5) contracts low bids queued up to be accepted by the Town Board. The bids would have an approximate 5-week period to be submitted and would be "sealed". This advertisement would be in the June 14th Webster Herald edition along with various trade periodicals to assure maximum exposure to potential bidders. Those estimates included five(5 ) construction contracts at $23 million in aggregate and $5 million in soft costs such as Engineering design and Construction management.Īdvertising Requests for Bids: At the JTown Board meeting, a resolution was passed by the town board to advertise bids on the five(5) construction contracts associated with the new Highway Garage. The reality is that the bonding resolution on Februof $28 million was based on the engineering estimates of the costs.
That 5-month phase between the $28 million bonding and acceptance of low bids had the following milestones associated with it:īonding of the $28 Million: One of the big misconceptions in the bonding resolution of municipal capital projects is that the town will definitely go into debt for the $28 million. The next step in the project will be the "groundbreaking" scheduled tentatively for the 4th quarter of 2023 with a targeted completion date in mid-2025. This culminates the 5 months phase of this project since the FebruTown Board meeting, when the Town Board voted 5-0 to "bond" the new Highway garage to $28+ million. On the AugTown Board agenda there are five(5) proposed resolutions to accept the low bids on the various contracts associated with the New Highway Garage. JNew Town Highway garage update- $5.5 million BETTER than initial $28 million bonded in February 2023
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