Council awards $50,420 demolition contract for six nuisance properties

The Fairborn City Council awarded a demolition contract for six properties (including 141-143 N. Broad St., 1025 Harvard Ave., 18 Lawndale Ave., 21 Marchmont Dr., 38 Ramona Dr., and 61 Rowland Dr.) to Badger Construction under Resolution No. 99-13. Community Development Director Mike Gebhart said the contract is round four of 2013 demolitions and that the Ohio Attorney General's "Moving Ohio Forward" funds will be used for the work. Badger Construction submitted the low bid at $50,420; Gebhart said Greene County had recently used Badger and was satisfied with its work.

Gebhart noted that 141-143 N. Broad Street is the former Bob and Mary's Antiques and had not held a vendor license since 1987. Council members asked staff to verify Badger Construction's commercial general liability insurance and to monitor asbestos abatement and salvage procedures; Gebhart confirmed the required insurance paperwork had been submitted with the bid packet. Council adopted the resolution unanimously.