The lowest and best bid for demolishing the Old Church Building (OCB) on the city hall property was $29,317. The bidder: Ace Demolition.
The bid includes razing the building, removing the west and center circle drives, hauling the debris away, and grading, filling and reseeding the property. The east drive and parking lot will remain in place.
After researching the company, the City Engineer’s Office recommended accepting Ace Demolition’s bid. Council will act on that recommendation during a special meeting next week, after the Sept. 21st Committee of the Whole meeting (COW).
The proverbial $773,000 Question
Although council accepted the City Engineer’s recommendation to accept Ace Demolition’s demolition bid...
...and although Law Director Tim Paluf was directed to draft the necessary legislation for awarding that contract...
...and although Paluf previously declared at a July 20th COW meeting that the city could not enter into a proposed public/private “partnership” with the male-only, private social club...
Mayor Scott Coleman asked that Club Molisani’s "partnership" proposal to convert the OCB into an indoor bocce facility be placed on the agenda for discussion at next week’s COW.
What’s up with that? What's the mayor thinking?
Your guess is as good as mine. Feel free to choose one (or more) of the following:
- “Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead.”
- “Blah, blah, blah. I can’t hear you.”
- “I've already cut a back door deal with this group. I can’t go back on my word. Maybe I can still push it through.”
- “Just wishing and hoping and dreaming that my wishes will come true....”
- “I’ve pledged my support to Councilman Frank Legan, and he wants to make this the centrepiece of his next (perhaps mayoral?) campaign. See how supportive I am? Are you watching me, Frank?”
Okay, I said it, But I Didn’t Really Mean It
Service Director Thom Evans said in a July 12 Sun Messenger story that the contractor who goofed in removing too much concrete when working on the Millridge Road resurfacing project would pick up the tab for fixing the mistake. “It will be costly, but not to the city,” said Evans.
http://blog.cleveland.com/sunmessenger/2010/07/highland_heights_gets_a_little.html
Oh really?
The contractor recently submitted a $22,000 “change order”, seeking reimbursement of its mistake-related material and labor costs.
A representative from the City Engineer’s Office, Brian Mader, pitched approving the change order---arguing that the project would still come in under budget if taxpayers picked up the repair tab.
You know...the tab that Thom Evans said the city wouldn’t have to pay.Score One For The Good Guys
I previously wrote about a theft from a Hawthorne Drive storage shed. The shed was located near the city-owned walking path that connects Bishop Road and the Community Park---which raised some concern about the safety of the path.
I am pleased to report that the Highland Heights Police Department located the stolen item at a pawn shop and then followed the trail back to the perpetrator, who apparently confessed to the crime---which took place in the middle of the night.
Kudos to Chief Cook and our Highland Heights police officers. Another job well done.
Shredding Day Is Coming October 2nd.
Time to clean out all those old tax files and other papers you hate to throw away in the garbage. The industrial shredding truck will return to the city on Oct. 2nd.
It couldn’t be any easier. Just drive over to the Service Department. Service Department employees and volunteers (including Council President Scott Mills, who hasn’t missed this event yet) will help you get rid of whatever you bring. You don’t even need to remove staples or binder covers or anything like that.
There is one restriction: NO PLASTIC BAGS.
My summer project was to clean out my basement. You know I’ll be there on October 2nd...!
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