67 bids on library work. (The Daily Mail, 5/11/2011)
Excerpt: Officials attempted to maximize the number of contracts, they say, to encourage local bidders, but only four Greene County firms ended up bidding on the work, including Linda Holding Corp. and Maple Ridge Enterprises, both of Round Top, B&G Contractors, Inc. of Oak Hill and Capital District Electric.
Many of the bidders are from the Capital Region or just north or south of Greene County.
The town board has voted to hire Freemann Project Management Services, based in Cairo, as the project’s resident inspector. The job carries the responsibility for day-to-day oversight of construction efforts and maintaining the project schedule.
The contract with the firm covers a 44-week period, but could be extended if needed. The firm was recommended to the town by the library board from among eight applicants. It has overseen work on several school projects, as well as the Shenendehowa Public Library in Clifton Park, N.Y., according to its website.
Last year, town voters, by a margin of just 35 votes, approved a bond to fund the construction of a new 7,000-square-foot library on a small piece of land behind the town hall. The bond resolution passed 283-248.
The town has been awarded a $3.07 million loan and $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to library officials, the annual cost of repaying the loan will cost about $50 per $100,000 of property assessment, which is the town average.
The loan and grant was included in the 2009 federal stimulus package.
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