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Contract bids for construction of a new elementary school building in the Genoa district are slated to be opened Dec. 23.
Bid packages will be received until 1 p.m. when they’ll be opened and read in the John C. Roberts Middle School media center, according to Bill Nye, district treasurer.
The district is estimating the project will cost about $11.4 million:
• General trades contract - $6.8 million
• Food service contract - $307,620
• Fire protection contract - $214,460
• Plumbing contract - $580,580
• HVAC contract - $1.4 million
• Electrical contract - $2.03 million
The total alternate bid estimate is $1.5 million.
Voters in the district approved a bond issue that will leverage funding through the Ohio School Facilities Commission for the project.
Park board appointees
Three people have been appointed to the Wood County Board of Commissioners.
Wood County Probate Judge David Woessner appointed Joe Long, Grand Rapids, Mary McCormick Krueger, Perrysburg, and Robert Callecod, Bowling Green, to the board from a field of 18 applicants.
Long’s term is for three years; Krueger’s term is for two years, and Callecod’s term is one year. All begin Jan. 1, 2010.
Judge Woessner said he was impressed with “the quality of all applicants” for the board.
Of the three appointees, he said: “The practical experience they bring to the table and obvious commitment they have to helping the parks and overall community will make them excellent additions to the board.”
Foundation grants
The Ottawa County Community Foundation is inviting nonprofit organizations in or serving the county to submit requests for grant funding.
The foundation makes grants to programs in the fields of education, social services, physical and mental health, safe and positive living environments, natural resources and the arts. Since its inception in 1999, the foundation has awarded numerous grants through designated, scholarship, and organizational funds.
Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to attend a workshop sponsored by the Foundation and the United Way on Jan. 28, 2010 at the Oak Harbor Public Library at 8:30 a.m. Reservations must be made by calling the United Way at 419-734-6645.
Applications and guidelines for grant seekers will be available after Dec. 15 at public libraries: Ida Rupp in Port Clinton, Oak Harbor, Harris-Elmore, Put-in-Bay, Marblehead and Genoa. Applications are also available at www.OttawaCCF.org.
Applicants have until March 15, 2010 to submit proposals.
Veterans grants
Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Ottawa County should contact the Ottawa County Veterans Service Office to apply for funding through the Ohio Military Injury Relief Fund.
The $1,000 grants are available to veterans injured while in active service as a member of the armed forces of the U.S. in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Kuwait is support of the operations. The injury must have occurred while the service member was in receipt of hazardous duty, combat, or hostile fire pay.
Veterans must be Ohio residents when applying.
Contact the county veterans service office at (419) 898-2089, toll free within Ottawa County at (800)610-8872, or visit at 8444 W. St. Rt. 163, Ste. 102, Oak Harbor.
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