Orchard building demo may go through bid process once more

Summerland School board of education members discussed relocation of an HVAC system and demolition of the Orchard building during the board's Jan. 18 meeting.

Nate Schwager contacted Trane representative, Jeremy Reiter, to see if a previously-submitted bid was "still on the table."According to Schwager, the former bid is not good. Several reasons, including inflation rates and a dropped contract with Samsung, were cited by Reiter.

Instead, Reiter suggested Rutt's Heating and Air, from Hastings, look at the project. Schwager reported he, Reiter and a representative from Rutt's met at the Orchard building, Jan. 7, to gauge the scope of the project. Schwager received a proposal for relocation, from the Hastings company, Tuesday evening, seven minutes into the board meeting.

"It's about $15,000 less than what we had on the other one. It includes electrical, which the other did not, which I wasn't aware of," Schwager said.

The bid from Rutt's totals $88,000.00. Schwager said also he spoke with the company that bid the building demolition. Due to a shortage of labor, the company cannot work on the project at this time.

"I feel good about the numbers we're getting. There's not any pad in there at this point. He's going to do the best to get the best number out there. From the day we put this in, until now, this is the best I've felt about this project," Schwager said.

The next step will be to talk with Orchard village representatives. Schwager said he would communicate with Stephanie Cleveland, village chairman. He also noted that items owned by the district that remainin the building need to be dealt with.

Superintendent Kyle Finke said he contacted several auction companies and several options were presented.

"Moving forward, we need to determine how we want to attack both the Orchard and Ewing buildings.

"What would be a time frame you want to look at?" He asked.

Summerland School board of education members discussed relocation of an HVAC system and demolition of the Orchard building during the board's Jan. 18 meeting.

Nate Schwager contacted Trane representative, Jeremy Reiter, to see if a previously-submitted bid was "still on the table."

According to Schwager, the former bid is not good. Several reasons, including inflation rates and a dropped contract with Samsung, were cited by Reiter.

Instead, Reiter suggested Rutt's Heating and Air, from Hastings, look at the project.

Schwager reported he, Reiter and a representative from Rutt's met at the Orchard building, Jan. 7, to gauge the scope of the project. Schwager received a proposal for relocation, from the Hastings company, Tuesday evening, seven minutes into the board meeting.

"It's about $15,000 less than what we had on the other one. It includes electrical, which the other did not, which I wasn't aware of," Schwager said.

The bid from Rutt's totals $88,000.00.

Schwager said also he spoke with the company that bid the building demolition. Due to a shortage of labor, the company cannot work on the project at this time.

"I feel good about the numbers we're getting. There's not any pad in there at this point. He's going to do the best to get the best number out there. From the day we put this in, until now, this is the best I've felt about this project," Schwager said.

The next step will be to talk with Orchard village representatives. Schwager said he would communicate with Stephanie Cleveland, village chairman.

He also noted that items owned by the district that remain in the building need to be dealt with.

Superintendent Kyle Finke said he contacted several auction companies and several options were presented.

"Moving forward, we need to determine how we want to attack both the Orchard and Ewing buildings.

"What would be a time frame you want to look at?" He asked.