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Crosby trustees confront escalating firehouse costs and approve $100,000 transfer
Summary
After months of permit delays and code-driven change orders, trustees were told the firehouse renovation that began with a ~$785,000 low bid now risks exceeding $1 million; they approved transferring $100,000 into the buildings fund and authorized additional work to finish a temporary-occupancy path.
Trustees on Oct. 13 heard trustees and consultants describe a series of code changes, permit delays and change orders that have driven up the cost of the township’s firehouse renovation from an original low bid of about $785,000 to a figure the board said now threatens to exceed $1,000,000.
A consultant working on the project explained that county flood-plain determinations required added waterproofing and that subsequent…
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