BOARD AGREES TO ACCEPT PURCHASE OFFER ON BIGGS A
The Board unanimously (14-0; Rep. Nancy Schuler was absent) agreed
to accept a purchase offer of $275,000 for the Biggs A building, which
the County has been trying to sell for about three years. Trans-America
Engineering Corporation, based in Maryland, has offered to buy the 70-year-old
building outright with no special contingencies. The County has received
a $25,000 deposit from the buyers. According to Deputy County Attorney
Jonathan Wood the buyers have said they plan to improve, not demolish,
the building but have not been specific about use.
COUNTY AWARDS BIDS FOR $2.3 MILLION EXPANSION OF BOSTWICK ROAD FACILITY
By a vote of 12-2 (Reps. Joseph Lalley and Frank Proto voted no; Rep.
Nancy Schuler was absent), the Board approved the award of construction
contracts for an addition to its existing Public Works building on Bostwick
Road. The 44,000 square-foot masonry building will be expanded to provide
new quarters for the County’s Buildings and Grounds department. The project
is due to start in mid-July and will add about 11,000 square feet to the
building. The County’s Buildings and Grounds department, which has about
30 employees, is currently housed at the Biggs A building, adjacent to
Cayuga Medical Center. The expanded Public Works facility is expected to
be ready for its new occupants by February, 2002.
The construction bids were awarded in the following amounts to:
General construction, Paul Yaman Construction, Cortland - $1,304,400
Electrical contract, Richardson Brothers Electric, Ithaca - $218,700
Mechanical contract, James L. Lewis, Inc., Chenango Forks - $334,000
Plumbing contract, American Ambient Mechanicals, Inc., Whitney Point
- $83,830
Other costs for the project include asbestos abatement, design fees,
and contingencies. A separate cold storage building was deleted from the
project to keep the cost within the previously approved capital budget
of $2,300,000.
COUNTY PROMPT ON FOIL REQUESTS
County Administrator Stephen Whicher commented to the Board that documents
requested under the Freedom of Information law in reference to the court
challenge of the County’s redistricting plan were delivered within the
legal deadline. Whicher reported that information requested on June 1 was
delivered by June 8, within the 5-working day deadline. Weekend days are
not counted under the FOI law, Whicher pointed out. The plan for redrawing
the boundaries of the 15 legislative districts for the Board of Representatives
was adopted on May 31
GRANT BEEFS UP SHERIFF’S TRAFFIC CONTROL
The Board unanimously accepted a $20,000 state grant that will buy
computer, radar, and video surveillance equipment for traffic and speed
control by the Sheriff’s Office. The equipment will be installed in the
department’s low-profile cars, which are marked as Sheriff’s vehicles but
do not carry light bars.
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