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The city of Williamsport is going out to bid Friday to receive contractors’ offers to build the accessible ramp at City Hall on the West Fourth Street entrance.
Jon Sander, city engineer, has placed an advertisement in the Sun-Gazette and plans to hold a live bid meeting.
The ramp is a requirement of a settlement of a pending lawsuit in U.S. Middle District Court by advocates for the disabled.
Estimated costs for the construction of the ramp are between $100,000 to $500,000. The bids are done through PennBid, Sander said.
Since 2009, the PennBid Program has aligned buyers and sellers of goods and services, providing significant cost and time savings for public agencies, private companies, and their vendors, Sander said.
A city man who is sight-impaired has a beef with River Valley Transit. Timothy West, a voting member of the new Williamsport Accessibility Advisory Commission
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Williamsport City Council approved a construction contract of $628,460 awarded to Dakronics Thursday night for the business to build a video scoreboard for use at Bowman Field.
Dakronics is a company based in Brookings, South Dakota.
The digital scoreboard will either be installed in time for this year’s Crosscutters’ baseball season in late May or in autumn, Jon Sander, city engineer, said.
Additionally, the Crosscutters are contributing $100,000 toward the construction cost of the video scoreboard, according to Gabe Sinicropi, Crosscutters vice president, marketing and public relations.
Sinicropi noted that this scoreboard is the latest in technology and can be used by the city for entertainment purposes such as a movie night if the city were to receive the proper clearance.
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City Council’s finance committee gave a positive recommendation Tuesday for the city administration to hire Daktronics to create and install a scoreboard at Bowman Field.
Council is expected to review the $628,460 bid for the proposed contract on Thursday night.
The cost is about $60,000 more than several years ago when a state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant was approved as part of Bowman Field upgrades, Councilman Adam Yoder said.
Part of the city obligation is to use the grant for the scoreboard, a video board that is light years ahead in technology to what was installed in 2007.