Northwestern Lehigh board accepts renovation bids

NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH TO BORROW 13.5 MILLION

BUILDING PROJECT START NEAR

 

The Northwestern Lehigh Board voted 5-4 to accept the bids for High School renovation project.

Voting to accept the bids , Willard Dellicker, Todd Hernandez, John Casciano, Joseph Fatzinger and Todd Leiser, Voting against, Paul Fisher, Phillip Toll, Charlene Rauscher and Darryl Schafer. The no votes were voicing their opposition to the scope of the project rather than the renovation in general.

 

The successful bidders: General construction,       Gordon H. Baver Inc.       $5,982,000

                                       Mechanical construction  Master Mechanical           $1,108,920

                                       Electrical construction      Alabarell Electric             $2,312,512

                                       Plumbing                           Dewalt Plumbing             $   635,900

                                       Abatement                         Sargent Enterprises          $     95,250

                                       Total:                                                                          $10,134,582 

 

D'Huy engineering will oversee the project.

 

The Superintendent has been authorized to approve change orders up to $20,000.

 

There will be a bond offering to finance the $13,5 million cost.

 

There will be a public auction to dispose of the items removed for replacement.

 

It was also reported that enrollment for the elementary, middle and high school is now 2153 down from 2404 in 2007. This latest figure does not count cyber and charter school.  The Staff for the 4 schools is 377, 174 professional staff up from 167, 2 years ago, 188 support staff and 15 administrators.