Correspondent
CANTON — Canton Township met on April 12.
A representative from Morton Buildings gave a presentation on a potential new Township garage building.
The proposed building would measure out to 48 feet wide by 104 feet long and 20 feet tall and utilize wood beam “pole barn” construction techniques.
The building could accommodate five 16 feet wide by 14 feet tall garage doors on the southern side of the building and one on the western end. Morton would include warranties on the building such as a 50 year snow warranty and 50 year warranty on the support columns among others.
When asked by Mark McMurray how long construction of the building would take the representative stated it typically takes two months to acquire the right permits for the building and would take two weeks of construction followed by concrete.
Total estimate for the building with the necessary heated concrete floor would come out to $572,000.
The Township then called retained architect Larry Foor to discuss the details of Rich Bardo’s proposed steel-frame building. Bardo’s estimate cost was around $512,000 but that did not include the heated floor and the building would take about 12 weeks to complete.
The Township voted to advertise in local newspapers over the next few weeks with exact specifications from Morton’s proposal to collect bids for the new building. Foor will go over the bids and determine if they meet necessary requirements for the Township to accept or deny the bid. Foor will plan to attend next week’s meeting to consult with the township.
The Township also plans to put one of its burned-out trucks up for auction online in lieu of taking an insurance settlement for the vehicle. Advertisements for the auction will be in future newspaper editions.
The Township will meet again next week on April 19 at 8 p.m.