Water pipe project delayed — Planned water pipe improvements along North Ocean Boulevard are delayed because the two bids the town received for the work were so far apart: $1.3 million and $2.9 million. Money for the project is coming from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The town must decide now whether to rebid, reduce the scope of the project or find out if another community has a similar project contract on which Ocean Ridge can piggyback,
Town Manager Lynne Ladner said. “If we do end up rebidding this project, I think we will get more bids,” she said.
Comprehensive planning — Commissioners agreed to hire Place, Planning & Design Inc., the firm of Town Planner Corey O’Gorman, to work on a new Evaluation and Appraisal
Report needed to update the town’s existing comprehensive plan. O’Gorman’s firm will work with planner Jim Fleischman on the report. The firm agreed to do the work for not more than $30,000, beating a not-to-exceed $50,000 bid from Chen Moore and Associates.
Art in Town Hall — Commissioners don’t know why art displays that started a few years after Town Hall opened stopped happening in the building, but they’d like to see them start up again. Commissioners are supportive of adding the works of local artists to the walls of Town Hall, some of which may be for sale, on some rotating basis.
— Larry Barszewski
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