NewsApril 11, 2008
Jackson County Courthouse measurements save taxpayers $95,000
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Jackson County Courthouse is smaller than records showed -- almost $100,000 smaller. When the time came to seek a janitorial contract that's partly based on a building's square footage, county public works director Jerry Page measured the interior of the Kansas City structure. The new measurement showed 212,152 square feet, 23 percent smaller than listed in records...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Jackson County Courthouse is smaller than records showed -- almost $100,000 smaller.
When the time came to seek a janitorial contract that's partly based on a building's square footage, county public works director Jerry Page measured the interior of the Kansas City structure. The new measurement showed 212,152 square feet, 23 percent smaller than listed in records.
The change translates into an unexpected saving of $95,162 in the new contract to clean the courthouse and two smaller structures nearby.
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Modern Maintenance Inc. of Lenexa, Kan., won the two-year pact for $512,000, considerably less than the next-lowest bid of $655,000.
Page said he plans to have other county buildings remeasured before bids are taken for contracts to clean those structures.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star: http://www.kansascity.com
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