No Bids for Broome Salt Shed

By Joshua Walther

BROOME - On Wednesday, the Broome Town Board held their regular meeting without any returned bids for the salt shed roof.

The roof has seen severe deterioration over the past several years, and it’s reached a point where there are several leaks and some structural concerns.

In the past few months, the Board has reached out to engineer Dan Crandall, revised bid specs, and made contact with several companies with a bidding deadline of July 16th at 6 PM.

However, when the meeting opened at the specified time, there wasn’t a single company that returned a bid, even when the Town had cast their net out wider to include the Schenectady region.

Because of this, the Town may be eligible to outright hire a company to do the urgently needed work, but Supervisor Steve Weinhofer said that he will speak with Mr. Crandall again to see what steps to take next.

He further said that Broome will now be on the lookout for any company that may be in the business of replacing roofing, and encouraged anyone with knowledge to refer someone to the Board.

In other news, the highway department has finished with their paving job on Gates Hill Road.

Highway Superintendent Jason Wayman noted that it took them four days to finish, with Tuesday in particular seeing enormous progress with three miles in one lane.

As for the next project, he explained that they may be moving on to the extensive road repairs on Black Creek Road, which saw a tremendous washout last month.

Superintendent Wayman concluded his report by stating that his new employee is adjusting to the job very well, being able to work well with his crew while taking the initiative on some tasks, and he believes that he’ll be a great fit.

Finally, the Board passed a resolution to induct a new face into the fire department after they had been voted in and their background checked, and they appointed a new recycling attendant to begin on Saturdays when August rolls around.