Conservation board submits contract bid to supervisors
By AMY HANSEN CNA staff reporter ahansen@crestonnews.com
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| According to Union County Conservation Board Director Doug Jones, the current office at 318 N. Pine St. faces many structural problems including a bad foundation, leaky roof and no handicap accessibility. Jones said once the current building is no longer in use, one option to remove it will be a controlled burn through the Creston Fire Department. (CNA photos by AMY HANSEN) |
The Union County Conservation Board has taken its next step toward a new office and shop building at Three Mile Lake.
At Tuesday’s Union County Conservation Board meeting, the board passed a motion to recommend to the Union County Board of Supervisors to enter in a contract with Cornerstone Commercial Contractors of Corning.
“He’s done a considerable amount of work in Union County,” said Union County Conservation Board Director Doug Jones at the meeting, “and he does have a reputation and it’s impeccable as far as references.”
Cornerstone provided a bid estimate of $109,560 to the board. The board agreed that it would have been good to go with a Union County contractor, but Cornerstone provided the best price option.
The current office is located at 318 N. Pine St. and has many structural problems including a bad foundation, leaky roof and no handicap accessibility.
“Something the county owns shouldn’t look like that,” said Union County Board of Supervisors Chairman Mike King.
Plans
Once entered into a contract, Cornerstone will do the new building’s shell and concrete. It will also include piping in the concrete to do radiant floor heating.
“The whole thing can be heated, but we have three zones specked out,” Jones said. “The office will be one zone with a thermostat. One bay will be our primary shop and have a thermostat, and our back bay will have a thermostat. We have an office, a heated shop and a cold shop, but that cold shop actually will have the capacity to turn heat on if we want.”
The board estimated $45,500 for the cost of unfinished labor materials.
Plumbing and venting will have to be done at the new site and the ground will have to be leveled before the contractor comes in.
The building’s interior work will include sheet-rocking the office, flooring, tiling, putting in interior doors, interior wall insulation, staining, closet shelving and window treatments.
“We can do part of this ourselves with labor and materials,” Jones said.
Funding
The conservation board has a budget pool of $167,000 that will cover the contract bid and additional building costs.
According to King, the budget for the county comes from a general fund with bond money from two years ago.
“It’s a win-win for the whole county,” King said.
The conservation board said Cornerstone will start construction as soon as weather permits for compacting soil and should have the building up within five weeks of the start date.
The new building’s entire completion date is scheduled for Aug. 31.
Jones said the board is looking into options on what to do with the current building. He said the most likely option is for the house to be a part of a controlled burn through the Creston Fire Department.
The next option is for the house to be demolished at a cost of $6,500 that King said has already been put into the budget expenses.
Once the current building is removed, King said the land will be used to expand the parking lot for law enforcement.
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