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HANCOCK— Hancock officials will be studying five proposed prices for a new swimming pool and three for a veterans’ memorial banner project.
Bids for the pool ranged from $671,733 to $953,751.
On Friday afternoon, town officials opened bids to build the new pool and erect 50 poles to hold banners honoring military veterans. The pool and the poles will be in Widmeyer Park.
Town Manager David Smith said Friday it was too soon to comment on the bid prices and the town’s budget.
“We have not even reviewed the bids to make sure the qualifications were all met,” he said.
The town council will have the final say on the projects, he said.
The pool bids were:
$671,733 from RAM Enterprises of Hancock
$825,000 from Callas Contractors of Hagerstown
$907,730 from Harbel Inc. of Cumberland, Md.
$953,751 from GRC General Contractor of Zullinger, Pa.
The town’s worn-out pool in Widmeyer Park dated to the 1970s. It was closed in 2015. The structure was removed, and the area was filled in and prepared for a new pool.
The town accepted a bid for a new pool in December 2016. But as review work continued, the scope of the work changed. Eventually, the contractor and town officials agreed to rebid the project.
Mayor Ralph Salvagno has said some of those issues included changes made in state requirements since the previous pool was built.
The banner memorial grew from a previous program the town launched to honor veterans. At first, the idea was to display the banners in town. Eventually, however, town officials supported a plan to put them on display in the park.
The town has already allocated $25,000 toward the project, and the Washington County Commissioners have promised $10,000, said Leo Murray, a town councilman and one of the driving forces behind the project.
The town previously acquired the poles at a cost of about $17,000, Murray said.
The town opened three bids Friday to erect the poles. Those bids were:
$32,000 from RAM Enterprises of Hancock
$58,400 from Price Quality Concrete of Little Orleans, Md.
$82,078 from GRC General Contractor of Zullinger, Pa.
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