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Bus Buzz At Mt. View
By Melinda Darrow

The July 18 Mountain View school board meeting was full of discussion, action, and one or two pointed accusations. Topics discussed included transportation issues, bonds, booster clubs and a number of other matters.

Mr. Mirabelli explained that the district had discussed several times during the budget issue the idea of refinancing the bonds. In February of 2012, the district would once again have this opportunity. The reasoning behind this was due to interest rates being at a historic low; this would be an opportunity for the district to realize some savings. To start the process, the district would need to select a financial adviser. In the past, candidates had been interviewed at the board level, which he said was one popular choice. A second would be to utilize someone an administrator was comfortable with. The third option would be to put out a call for request for proposal, but this could be slightly redundant as the questions placed in the call for proposals would likely be asked during the interview process anyway. The recommendation he made was to conduct interviews. Various board members stated their acceptance of Mr. Mirabelli interviewing candidates, though he confirmed that it would not be he alone. It was said that the board would be made aware of the interview date to decide at their will to participate or not. Dr. Chichura explained that the board would likely be taking action on this during December of that fiscal year. Mr. Mirabelli was to look for people and arrange interviews.

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Pads Around Lyncott, Not On
By Melinda Darrow

At the last meeting of the New Milford Township supervisors, cinder and maintenance shed bids had been opened but not acted upon. In the interim, the decision was made to reject all bids due to cost. New bids were sought, without a concrete floor this time. The supervisors opened these that evening, in hopes that something would come in low enough to accept.

At the previous meeting there had been three bids on the building, at the current meeting there were only two. The first, from Very's Construction of Nicholson, came in with the shed at $112,565.88, and the garage at $85,831.42, for $198,397.30 total. The second bid was from Doubletree out of New Holland, PA, a division of CB Construction (not the local contractor). The cinder shed came in at $75,750, and the garage at $68,720, for a $144,470 total. That bid stated that it was with concrete floor, which caused mild confusion. The secretary said that their secretary was aware that it was without, and had probably forgotten to cross it out. The lowest bid came in roughly $54,000 less than the previous month. The township's solicitor, Mr. Briechle, suggested that perhaps the concrete bid be opened, to take that into account before awarding the other. This advice was followed. The first concrete bid was from Master's, offering six foot blocks at $60 a piece, two foot pin blocks at $50, and corner blocks at $75 a piece. The second was from Barney & Dickenson, Inc., with six foot blocks at $60 a piece, three foot blocks at $45 a piece, and corner blocks at $60 a piece. The Barney and Dickenson bid was accepted, followed by the Doubletree bid for the buildings.

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