The Starke County Courthouse elevator project will get underway this summer.
Maintenance Director Jim Coad and Commissioner Kathy Norem met with John Kirk from DLZ two weeks ago and noted that the advertisement for bids has been given. A special meeting will be held later this month to open the bids in order to meet K-IRPC grant requirement deadline of May 31.
A start date is expected in mid-July. The substantial completion date is Dec. 1.
A general contractor will bid on the exterior part of the elevator project while the interior cart is expected to be bid by another company.
The elevator will be constructed to be more handicapped accessible. Special arrangements may need to be made to work around the construction during the November General Election.
The county received a $500,000 grant for the project with a 10 percent match. The commissioners did agree to approve the appropriation of the grant match during their meeting last week.
