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Village board OKs bid for shed

Black Otter Lake District shares costs with Hortonville

By John Faucher


The Hortonville Village Board approved the lowest of three bids for construction of a 40-by-80-foot storage shed at its Sept. 19 meeting.

The non-heated building will be located near the village’s wastewater treatment plant.

The Black Otter Lake District will use the front half of the building for storing its new weed harvester. The village public works department will use the back half of the building for equipment.

CA Builders LLC of New London submitted a bid of $50,357. The second lowest bid came in at $72,978 by Milbach Construction Services Company of Kaukauna. A third bid received by Badgerland Buildings Inc. of Black Creek was $116,110.

“What you are looking at is what I would deem a construction quote only,” said DeTroye.

The bids did not include materials.

DeTroye noted that the Black Otter Lake District contribution will pay for the building materials.

In August he recommended the board seek bids for construction only because the village could save money by acting as the general contractor on the project.

The board gave its permission to proceed with construction-only bids at the Aug. 1 meeting. Bidding opened on Thursday, Sept. 19.

That evening the board unanimously approved the $50,357 bid from CA Builders LLC.

DeTroye said the village would pay for additional pieces outside of the bid including some minimal plumbing running from the exterior of the concrete slab to a retaining ditch.

He estimated materials for the external drainage plumbing to cost “a few hundred dollars” with the work to be done by village staff.

Public works staff also did some site preparation to save contractor costs.

Overhead doors are an additional expense outside of the bid, DeTroye said.

An initial bid for the overhead garage doors came in at $6,100.

“All told the village’s contribution to the storage shed would be approximately $57,000. When you do the total math on it, this project will come to approximately $94,000.

You’re building what I’m going to call a very nice shed for under $30 a square foot, which is basically unheard of in this day and age,” said DeTroye.

DeTroye said concrete was planned for Oct. 5, weather permitting.

Rough construction could begin as early as Oct. 18.

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