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September 7, 2009

Historic library soon to get facelift

Sunday, September 6, 2009
Suburban Trends The municipality is making preparations to get the scaffolding removed from around the public library.
The mortar on this historic building was seen falling apart late last year, so the scaffolding was put up to protect library patrons from falling debris.
To fix this, the plan is to re-point the brick face around the entire library. Borough Administrator Vito Gadaleta said the borough sought out bids from contractors interested in doing the work and gave a Sept. 1 deadline for the bids to be received.
Describing what the job entails, Gadaleta said, "All the joints will be ground out, the damaged bricks will be repaired, all the joints will be re-pointed, and new mortar will be put in all of the joints."
The municipality estimates this project will cost $130,000 and should take less than two months to complete.
Gadaleta said this work will be paid for with an $80,000 Community Development Block Grant and the borough's capital improvement fund.
The administrator said if everything goes well with the bids, the Borough Council will award a contract during its Sept. 9 meeting.
"The contract is a 60-day contract so we anticipate work to begin Oct. 1 or sooner and be done before Dec. 1," said Gadaleta.
–Leslie Scott

Posted by tumulty at September 7, 2009 10:43 AM

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