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Wildwood staff say reassembly bids for Essen Log Cabin vary widely; council paused contractor selection
Summary
Planning staff told the Historic Preservation Commission that bids to reassemble the Essen Log Cabin ranged from about $144,000 to nearly $500,000. The city reallocated funds to close part of the budget gap and City Council deferred choosing a contractor pending further review and outreach.
A Wildwood planning department representative told the Historic Preservation Commission on April meeting night that bids to reassemble the Essen Log Cabin ranged from about $144,000 to nearly $500,000, prompting City Council to delay a final contractor selection.
The department said two bids clustered near $320,000 and that the other two were at opposite ends — one “very high bid, almost a half a million dollars, and a very low bid, around $144,000,” the staff representative reported. The department recommended negotiating with the two mid-range bidders; Council’s Planning and Parks…
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