“The roof repair work at 1 Cedar Street is largely complete, and the building should be open again by the July organizational meeting,” Dave Collins, the East Hampton Village superintendent of public works said at Friday’s village board meeting.
The main meeting room of the Emergency Services Building has been closed for nearly a year since Ken Collum, a village fire marshal, happened upon cracked roof trusses while investigating a leak last April. A $476,000 bid by Carter-Melence was accepted by the board at its Dec. 15 meeting, and Mr. Collins reported last week that the company was on time and on budget.
“The contractor is just finishing up today on the overall part of the project,” he said. “The floors haven’t been done in 15 years, so as part of the project we decided to do that as well.” Some sheetrock work was also needed, which wasn’t part of the original contract, so the village will complete that on its own.
In addition, Mayor Jerry Larsen said lobby renovations were complete. A separate, $68,000 bid was accepted by the board from BK Builders in December for that work. The main accomplishment of that work was lowering a window to ease the public’s ability to speak with dispatch personnel. Previously, they had to look up about six feet. “It was definitely my idea this time, but this has been talked about for many, many, years,” said Mayor Larsen.
“It’s just another effort at better customer service at 1 Cedar Street,” said Marcos Baladron, the village administrator.
