Bemus Point Village Board approves repairs to Village Casino
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BEMUS POINT – The Bemus Point Village Board of Trustees voted unanimously to proceed with repairs to the Village-owned Casino located at 1 Lakeside Dr.
On Saturday, the board voted to begin the bond process to fund the necessary repairs and selected a contractor to carry out the work at the Village Casino.
"The meeting went pretty quickly," said Bemus Point mayor Jeff Molnar. "We're going to start the bond process to fund the repairs, and we voted on a few resolutions which directly impact the repair process."
In a September 21 edition of The Post-Journal, the Village Board of Trustees learned about the Casino’s old, leaking roof and other structural issues that needed to be addressed – promptly. Molnar said there are four or five layers of shingles on the roof, while an engineer the village consulted with indicated that the building's design is flawed and that the trusses require repair/replacement as well.
Molnar said that although the Casino is under a rental agreement, the village is still responsible for maintaining the structure, including the roof and foundation. In contrast, the lessee is responsible for the interior.
“It’s our responsibility to fix it,” he said.
Resolutions that were voted on and passed at Saturday's meeting include:
– Resolution 56 — Retain Municipal Solutions Inc. for financial advisory management services.
– Resolution 57– Retain Douglas E. Goodfriend of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as bond counsel.
– Resolution 58 — Authorize structural repairs and roof replacement at the Village Casino, 1 Lakeside Drive, and the issuance of Bond Anticipation Notes and Serial Bonds for the project.
-Resolution 59 — Authorize the mayor to execute a time and materials contract with G.L. Olson Inc. for the Village Casino project.
"We still have some in-house items we need to get in order before we bring the bond before the village residents," said Molnar. "We've selected NuVista Designs General Contractors LLC as our contractor to perform the repairs."
Before Saturday's vote, the Village Board received various bids for the same repairs, and the costs varied by several thousand dollars despite using the same materials.
"One contractor quoted the job for shingles at $87,500, while another set the price at $410,000. A third bid came in at $99,000," said Molnar in September. “The quotes for a metal roof were just as far apart as the bids for a shingled roof - I’m not sure why such a drastic difference in the quotes."
Molnar reported that one contractor submitted a bid on the low end for a metal roof at $241,500 plus an additional $18,500 for gutters; on the high end, a bid was submitted totaling more than $700,000 for the job; a third contractor submitted the final bid for a metal roof for $334,225 plus an additional $22,500 for gutters.
"NuVista will make the repairs and install a new metal roof," he said. "This is the smart and most logical choice going forward."