Hail storm headaches finally get a cure

WAPELLO, Iowa Repair work on several buildings on the Wapello school campuses that were damaged during an April hailstorm will finally begin, after the Wapello School Board approved several bids on the work during its meeting Wednesday.

The largest bid accepted, contingent upon approval from the schools insurance carrier, was one from Triple C Roofing Inc., Woodbine. The company bid $97,971 to repair damaged foam roofs at the elementary and secondary campuses.

The board accepted the Triple C Roofing bid after agreeing a lower bid from Pella Roofing and Insulation, Vinton, had not been properly submitted. Officials said the Vinton firm split what was directed to be a single bid into two parts. Although the total bid of $92,200 was lower than the Triple C bid, officials said they could not legally accept it. Board chairman Duane Boysen abstained from the vote because he was listed as a reference by one of the companies.

A $14,260 bid from Shafer Construction, Wapello, was accepted for the repair of the administration building roof. Other bids submitted for this work included $15,300 from Myers Construction, Sperry; and $30,466 from SG Construction, Mediapolis.

Shafer Construction also received the nod from the school board to repair damaged asphalt roofing, vinyl siding and miscellaneous gutter replacement on several buildings. Its bid for the work was $19,850. Myers Construction submitted a $30,490 bid on the work.

Shafter Construction was also the low bidder to repair the greenhouse roof and sidewalls. Its bid for this work was $9,270 for the roof and $14,316 for the sidewalls. Myers Construction bid $10,800 for the roof repairs and $14,400 for the sidewalls.

Myers Construction won the general lighting and HVAC equipment repairs with a bid of $44,200. Odessa Mechanical Contracting, Wapello, bid $45,430 on that work.

The school board also accepted a $9,032 bid from Daktronics, Brookings, South Dakota, for a new football field scoreboard. The cost, which will be covered through a donation from the Pepsi Company, does not include installation, which officials estimated would be around $4,400.

A bid for two cameras and other surveillance equipment in the schools new weight room was also accepted by the board. J&S Electronic Business Systems, Burlington, submitted the low bid of $5,525.

Per Mar Security, Davenport, submitted a bid of $5,995.

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Hail storm headaches finally get a cure