Quincy City Hall window contract tweaked to cover asbestos disposal – Herald-Whig

Posted: Apr. 10, 2017 9:50 pm Updated: Apr. 10, 2017 9:56 pm

QUINCY -- Aldermen adjusted a contract Monday night to allow a local contractor to complete installation of new windows at City Hall.

A. Fischer Builders Inc. was awarded the $184,100 contract to replace windows last fall. When the first window was removed early this year, it had some asbestos in the caulk that was sandwiched between window frames and glass panes. A $14,645 addition to the project will cover the hiring of an abatement contractor and higher tipping fees for disposal of the old windows.

Jeffrey Conte, director of the city's Engineering Department, said the old single-pane windows were inefficient and many of the windows leaked when it rained. The new windows will be double-paned and have a coating to reduce the amount of heat radiating into the building during the summer, Conte said.

Rees Construction was low bidder on two street and utility upgrades totaling nearly $1.2 million that won approval Monday. Replacement of a water main and street replacement on Spruce from 12th to 15th will cost $577,789. The replacement of a sanitary sewer and water main as well as street repairs on Aldo Boulevard from 21st to 23rd will cost $620,729.

Aldermen also approved an ordinance that will allow Pollock, Ennis & Heck to install a 17-square-foot sign at 608 Vermont. City ordinances would have limited the sign to 15 square feet. An early request was for a 32-square-foot sign, but the compromise reached in late March cut that size down considerably.

In other action, the council approved an ordinance granting a variation of zoning regulations on the Adams County Detention and Law Enforcement Center at 535-537 Vermont. The amount of glazed area on the first-floor facades will be reduced from 30 percent to 26.4 percent on the south side, 17.6 percent on the west side, and 4.6 percent on the east side.

R.L. Brink won the contract for $156,979 for concrete and Diamond Construction Co. got the $52,500 contract for patching material to be used in the city's annual street and sidewalk maintenance program to be paid out of motor fuel tax dollars. The contracts will have to be approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Emergency repairs on utilities totaling $17,593 under pavement at the Quincy Mall also was approved. The work was done by Rees Construction.

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