Jackson moves forward with new restroom facility at park

Jackson City Park is one step closer to adding a new restroom facility, at a cost of close to $300,000.

Brockmiller Construction Inc. of Farmington, Missouri, put in a bid of just under $300,000, and the board of aldermen unanimously approved that bid Monday night.

Previous bids were rejected amid concerns the price tag was too high.

At the June 5 meeting, a proposed $329,000 total would have included Kiefner Brothers Inc.�s bid of $212,500 for the building itself, a concrete prefabricated structure with vandal-resistant stainless-steel fixtures, and Boulder Construction Inc.�s $117,000 for site preparation and sewer work.

That 20-by-24-foot structure would have cost $687 per square foot.

According to a Jan. 31 memo by engineer Chris Koehler of Koehler Engineering & Land Surveying Inc., three new bids were received by city staff Jan. 25. Brockmiller�s was the lowest and best apparent bid.

�The project is within the engineer�s estimate, and the contractor is ... already working in the project vicinity on the pedestrian bridge replacement project,� the memo stated, referring to the Hubble Creek pedestrian bridge replacement project.

One reason Brockmiller�s bid is lower than the bids rejected last summer is, Brockmiller�s mobilization costs are about $8,000 less than the last bidder�s projected $23,000, according to meeting documents.

Mobilization includes bringing equipment to the site from the construction company.

Brockmiller�s bid includes just under $160,000 to furnish and install the prefabricated concrete restroom structure itself. Nearly $130,000 will go toward site preparation and installation of a dedicated lift station and sewer system.

A construction start date was not given at the Monday meeting.

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