Margate school board awards contract to repave PAC parking lot – Shore News Today

MARGATE The Board of Education on Wednesday, June 21, awarded a contract to repave the parking lot at the Dominick A. Potena Performing Arts Center at the rear of the Eugene A. Tighe School this summer. It also agreed to hire a new solicitor.

The board awarded a $153,396 contract to low-bidder Asphalt Paving Systems Inc. of Hammonton to pave the entire rear parking lot and sidewalks along the Monmouth Avenue side of the Tighe school. It also awarded a $18,292 contract for an alternate bid to install two handicapped parking spaces at the front of the school. Three other companies offered bids May 23 as high as $299,537 for the combined base bid and alternate.

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The project is being funded through a bond ordinance approved by the Board of Commissioners earlier this year. The $1.2 million school capital improvement bond approved May 4 will also fund replacement of rooftop HVAC units at the Tighe School and replacement of some of the windows.

According to Business Administrator Susan Palaia, the bond was approved too late to get the HVAC improvements done this summer. It is likely the job will have to wait until next year when students are out of school. Window repairs will be put off until the district receives an updated cost of doing the HVAC units, she said. The district is also considering seeking funding from other sources to help with the cost of replacing the windows, including grants from the state Board of Public Utilities or the Department of Education Regular Operating District program, she said.

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After an executive session held to interview three candidates, the board hired Eric Goldstein of Nehmad Perillo & Davis of Egg Harbor Township as board solicitor. Goldsteins hourly rate will be $25 an hour less than Rob Muccilli of Capehart & Scatchard of Mount Laurel, who has provided legal services for the past six years. Andrew Brown of Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso LLC of Mount Laurel, who represents the Ventnor City Board of Education, also submitted a proposal.

We routinely put out requests for proposals for our professional services contracts every few years. We did it before in 2011 and 2014, Palaia said. They are all very capable lawyers.

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We have brought it down a lot over the last few years, Palaia said. This was a good year to go out for quotes since we have no pressing legal issues at this time.

Goldsteins fee will be $140 an hour. Palaia said the district would also save on the cost of travel, since the firm is located in nearby Egg Harbor Township.

There will be no travel expenses, she said.

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