WAUSEON — The Wauseon Exempted Village Board of Education Monday heard an update on the school district’s transportation department, which also rolled into a planning discussion for future district projects.
Heading into the school year, ongoing road construction and a new truck stop underway on the Ohio Turnpike at Ohio 49 is necessitating changes to bus routes for Edon Schools,
Defiance County commissioners opened bids on renovations to the new county childrenâs home on Evansport Road during their Monday meeting.
Commissioners also met with Bruce Clevenger and Teresa Johnson of the OSU Extension Office for their quarterly update (see related story page A2).
The lowest bid was received from The Dotson Company, Whitehouse, at $276,680. This was well below the estimate ($343,226) provided by the project architect, Beilharz Architects Inc., Defiance.
Six other companies also provided bids.
They were: Mel Lanzer Company, Napoleon, $286,000; Midwest Contracting Inc., Holland, $292,800; Rupp/Rosebrock Inc., Liberty Center, $298,199; McDonaldâs Design and Build, Defiance, $339,818; Kuhlman Builders Inc., Ottawa, at $344,911; and Baker-Shindler Contracting, $349,900.