Canton City Council to review contract bids for fire station

The bids are in for the northwest Canton fire station and the Canton City Council will discuss which business will be awarded the design and construction management services contract to oversee the building of the new station.

The council will also discuss adopting a nuisance ordinance amendment to include banning LED lighting around windows of commercial businesses.

The fire station, which will be operated by the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services once it is built, underwent some delays due to the city requesting the bidders submit their own designs.

Mayor Gene Hobgood said at the time the process could confuse bidders instead of having a clear drawn design already on hand.

Only two construction companies submitted bids, which varied drastically in price, during the initial bidding process. The council voted to put the fire station design and construction management services out to bid again in order to get a clear cost estimate on the design and have the company oversee the construction phase.

Six businesses submitted price quotes: Sutton Architectural Services, Pieper OBrien Herr Architects, Wiley/Wilson, Sizemore Group, Casteel Construction Co. Inc. and Pond Constructors. The lowest bidder was Casteel, who submitted a bid of $617,406.

The council will vote on the bids and select a company at its meeting tonight at 6 p.m. at City Hall.

In other business, the city will also receive an update on the downtown parking enforcement from Councilman Farris Yawn.

The councilman gave an update in March that the parking time limit needs to be enforced. Changes suggested include three-hourparkingon East Main Street down to the dance studio; two 20-minute spaces in zone 3 in front of the Painted Pig Tavern; and three 20-minuteparkingspaces in front of Stouts Growlers.

Other items on the agenda are:

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