Hilltown reopens bids for roof replacement

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Flooded roads, heavy downpours and a short agenda kept this weeks Hilltown Township Board of Supervisors meeting to a succinct eight minutes.

Addressing unfinished business, the board of supervisors voted to reopen bids for the replacement of the municipal buildings roof.

At its May 13 meeting, the board agreed to accept a $125,300 bid of the roof replacement from Pro Com Roofing, of Warrington. During a May 28 executive session, the board was informed of potential litigation and consequently rejected all bids during the June 5 meeting.

Were going to put the municipal building out for re-bid for anybody, Chairwoman Barbara Salvadore said. We made an error in the last bid, so were going to open it up again.

The board also agreed to sign the Mill Road construction inspection agreement and will move forward with the inspection.

In January, the board approved recommending the firm McCormick Taylor to provide on-site construction inspection services for the Mill Road Bridge replacement project. The recommendation then went to PennDOT, which made the final decision and negotiated the cost. PennDOT has targeted October as when it will bid the project, with construction taking place in 2014, according to News-Herald archives.

The last item of business for the board was a discussion of replacing air condensing and air handling units at the township building.

We didnt know it needed replacement at this point in time, Salvadore said. Were going to have an HVAC engineer come in and advise us, just like we had someone advise us on the roof.

After approving new business, Supervisor Jim Groff asked about the replacement of police cars.

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