The Knox Board of Works has made a second attempt at awarding a bid for concrete and excavating work at Sandy Acres Park. Last month, board members conditionally awarded a bid to polished concrete Gold Coast.
Its bid of $12,430 was about $57,000 less than the other two the city received. But Mayor Dennis Estok says that low bid missed a lot of items, and the board of works ended up rejecting all three bids during Wednesday’s meeting. “We rebid it for this month,” he says. “We had one bid come in, and basically, that bid was from Pete Kuchel and it was awarded at $28,600.” The park board officially approved the bid from Covenant Concrete for a total cost of $12,500. The plans have been adjusted to call for a five-foot-wide trail, rather than four feet, to match the existing sidewalk and be able to cover the concrete plant maintenance.
During last month’s meeting, Park Board Member Brian Earnest suggested having bidders split their cost estimates into two sections, to allow the town to spread the work over multiple years, if necessary. “If we do have to piece it in two halves, I think we do part A with the memorial pad, so we can have that completed and connected to what we’ve already gotten poured when we did the street project,” Earnest said.
The city has gotten almost $108,000 in matching grant funding for Sandy Acres Park improvements. They include paving the parking lot, installing lights, and adding a prefabricated restroom, in addition to new ADA-compliant walkways.
