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Trail Sees Improvements
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Staff photo/Katie Yantis: A truck dumps dirt along the Miami and Erie Canal towpath where it crosses Ohio 66. The project will make it easier for those using the towpath to cross Ohio 66.


By KATIE YANTIS
Staff Writer
ST. MARYS — Hiker, bikers and walkers in the region will notice a difference in a few sections of the Miami and Erie Canal towpath trail starting this week.
 
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Village Hold Pre-Bid Meeting Print E-mail
Thursday, 18 June 2009
By ANGELA WEAVER
Staff Writer
NEW BREMEN — A local village held a pre-bid meeting Wednesday before opening bids on a new building in town next week. The village of New Bremen, along with a few local representatives, held a pre-bid meeting for the Lockkeeper’s House that is slated to be built this fall, Village Administrator Wayne York said.
“We probably had two dozen people present,” York said. “We have had 13 general contractors who had picked up plans, registered as potential bidders — If they got this far, they will most likely submit some sort of bid.”
In addition to the general contractors, York said there were additional subcontractors and vendors as well as other area representatives for the estimated $625,000 project.
“Brad Garmann with Garmann-Miller Architects and Engineers was present, as well as project engineer John Rausch,” York said. “Mandy Niekamp, a New Bremen resident, who is assisting on the architectural management of the project was present — she said she’s excited to be on a project in her hometown.”
York said New Bremen Electrical Superintendent Matt Krieg was also present for electrical service issues, as well as inspector Dave Goodwin who is based in the New Bremen Public Works Department.
“He’s probably the best equipped to deal with a building-type project,” York said of Goodwin.
York also noted the presence of Jim Coons with the Southwest Auglaize County Chamber of Commerce and Neal Brady with the Miami-Erie Canal Corridor Association.
“They are with organizations that will occupy the building, and they are keeping track of what’s going on and how it’s shaping up,” York said.
The village will open the bids at 2 p.m. June 24, at the village offices, York said.
“I am hopeful that the bids will be low enough that we can do the alternate — a geothermal system,” he said. “The state grant is fixed, so they have to be low enough under the ceiling.”
York also noted that the New Bremen Historic Association, which will also have a new home in the Lockkeeper’s House, has raised their 20 percent local match of approximately $131,000.
“They still have keys to sell,” York said, referencing the $20 keys donated by Western Ohio True Value Hardware that area residents will use to see if they have the key that fits the lock to the Lockkeeper’s House when the ribbon is cut during the grand opening.
“We expect the contractors will be ready to begin by Aug. 1,” York said, “Completion should be by spring 2010.”
York said the project will be bid as four separate bids — general contracting, HVAC, electric and plumbing, as well as one combined bid.
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