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Committee weighs $51,000 architect oversight for slate museum roof as open-space funds eyed
Summary
Committee members debated hiring an out-of-town architect for full architectural supervision of the slate museum roof at a proposed fee of $51,000 and discussed using open-space funds (about $150,000 set aside) versus preparing bid specs in-house or seeking lower-cost firms.
Lebanon Township Committee members on Nov. 5 discussed whether to hire an architect to provide full architectural supervision of repairs to the slate roof on the township museum after recurring leaks.
A committee member summarized an architect’s proposal and said the firm would prepare detailed bid specifications, research the roof’s historic materials and supervise the work, for a quoted fee of $51,000. The member said that the township had previously allocated about $150,000 from open-space apportionments toward the museum project and that $50,000 of that sum could be earmarked to cover the architect’s proposed fee.
Committee members expressed concern that the quoted architect oversight might be
