DETURKSVILLE — Washington Township supervisors are seeking to build a municipal office building.
A proposed building, if built, will be located near the current garage at 225 Frantz Road, Pine Grove, where meetings are now held, Dawn Koch, secretary/treasurer for the township, said Thursday.
“We don’t have a building. We meet out of a garage,” she said.
The proposed building is slated to be built on township-owned land. Koch said the supervisors will finance the purchase of the building and have set aside some money in the 2016 budget for the expense, though she did not say how much money the supervisors have allocated thus far.
Supervisors Leon Lutz and Wendell Gainer Jr. did not return a call for comment. Supervisor Lynn Brown could not be reached for comment.
Ryan Fasnacht, the township engineer with Alfred Benesch & Co., Pottsville, said plans for the building include a meeting room, reception area, two offices, bathrooms, utility room and small lunchroom. He said total cost for the project is estimated at $360,000 to $400,000.
Gordon Todd, of Gordon Todd Associates,Lansdale, an architect firm, did the drawings for a proposed 40-by-50-foot building.
“It’s primarily a metal building,” which he said will have stucco on the outside, he said.
A legal ad in The Republican-Herald said interested bidders have until 4 p.m. April 13 to submit bids online at www.PennBid.net. Bids will be announced 7 p.m. April 18 during the regularly scheduled monthly supervisors meeting. Results are also available online at www.ebidexchange.com after the meeting. A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the garage.
The ad said the project includes the construction of a new office building including electrical, plumbing and HVAC work. Additional information is provided in the contract specifications. Contracts will be awarded in each of the four areas.
The specifications for the general contract list an expected amount of $280,000 to $300,00 for the building and an additional amount for the plumbing and HVAC at $15,000 to $20,000 each and the electrical work at $50,000 to $60,000, according to www.PennBid.net.