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Lake Placid council approves contract award and budget amendment for new police station
Summary
Council approved awarding the police station construction contract to the lowest responsible bidder and moved a related budget amendment, encumbering infrastructure funds and allocating $192,000 from the utility account. Vote was 3–2.
The Lake Placid Town Council approved, on Nov. 10, awarding a construction contract for a new police department and passed related budget amendments that reserve town infrastructure funds and a utility contribution for the project.
Town legal counsel and the engineer presented the recommended award to the lowest responsible bidder (identified in materials as Simcoe per engineer calculations) and described value-engineering changes that reduced the contract to a total construction price of $2,085,000. Staff said $192,000 of the contract will come from the town’s utility infrastructure account to fund a water/waste/fire line extension that will also serve future development in the area.
The motion included three components: a finding that the bidder was the lowest responsible bidder, approval of the bid subject to the value-engineered scope attached to the agenda, and authorization for the mayor to execute the award and related documents. The packet also included Ordinance 2025-18, which amends the municipal budget to encumber the additional infrastructure funds needed.
Council debate focused on whether the highway-side site and integrated utility work should be bid separately, the scope of deleted items (e.g., evidence lockers), contingency planning if legislative grant funds do not arrive and the impact on infrastructure reserves. Staff said the infrastructure account had the funds and that a legislative grant request for $800,000 remains pending but is not guaranteed.
The council approved the motion by roll call: Council members Worley and Hayes and Mayor Holbrook voted yes; Council members Charles and Eberhard voted no. The mayor said the contract execution timing requires follow-up steps including proof of insurance and a notice to proceed.
