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Lock Haven council tables police building award after funding, scope concerns
Summary
Council reviewed low bids totaling about $3.78 million for a proposed new police building, debated alternatives and funding gaps, and voted to table contract awards for one week to gather additional cost and code information and pursue possible value engineering and gap funding.
Lock Haven City Council debated whether to award construction contracts for a proposed new police building after staff presented low bids that together totaled about $3.78 million and outlined remaining funding gaps.
City staff told council that low bidders included Dixon AC&R Corporation (mechanical, $126,333), GR Noll Electrical Construction (electrical, $746,115), Allen Mechanical and Electrical (plumbing, $201,900), and Mid‑State Construction (general construction, about $2,703,786), yielding an aggregate low‑bid sum the staff recorded at roughly $3,778,534. Staff said subsequent value‑engineering negotiations with the general contractor could reduce the cost by about $400,000–$450,000 but that a project funding gap of roughly $172,590 to $344,456 could remain depending on final negotiated reductions.
Council discussion ranged…
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