PHOTO BY JOHN FRYMAN / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
FIELD HOUSE PROJECT … Bryan City Schools Treasurer/CFO Kevin Schafer (left) goes over the bids for the Mose Isaac Field House partial re-roofing project in Tuesday’s special board meeting held in the field house conference room with Superintendent Mark Rairigh (right).
By: John Fryman
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
john@thevillagereporter.com
Bryan City Schools Board of Education held a special meeting on Tuesday, August 26, to approve a bid for the Mose Isaac Field House partial reroofing project.
Having completed the second round of bids for the partial reroofing project, Bryan City Schools Treasurer/CFO Kevin Schafer told the board the district was required to reject all the bids that came through in the first round.
“All of those bids in the first round were excessive, over twenty percent over the estimate that had been provided by the architect,” said Schafer. “So we adjusted our estimate and went back to bid with a couple of different alternatives.”
The project completion date is set for December 15, 2025, while the other completion date is June 30, 2026. There were two bids submitted to the board for the project.
Board members Caleb Turnbull, Deb Opdycke, Dustin Schlachter, and Lynn Wieland all unanimously approved the bid from Richland Company and Associates of Defiance at a cost of $129,697.00 for the project. The other bid submitted came from Frost Roofing of Lima at $156,000.
If the re-roofing project is completed before December 15, 2025, $10,000 will be deducted from the total construction cost to $119,697.00.
The school district’s architect, Beilharz Architects, Inc. of Defiance, had already inspected the construction site. They also set the conditions affecting and governing the construction of the project.
Based on the original estimate, the district had already received $85,000 in insurance coverage for the project from the Schools of Ohio Risk Sharing Authority.
“We had submitted for insurance based off the initial estimate that we had, which was $90,000,” said Schafer. “We already received an $85,000 payment from the insurance company. I will resubmit the application based on what we actually been able to get to work at. Hopefully, we’ll get an additional payment.”
The insurance coverage was the result of hail damage that occurred on the field house roof over time, and it was noticed by the architects during an inspection. The field house officially opened in December 1999.