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Thursday, October 25, 2012 — The Berlin Citizen
East Berlin pool will receive long awaited repairs By Monica Szakacs The Berlin Citizen
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enough time in the spring to finish the amount of work that is required for the pool to be reopened at the start of summer. Going out to a formal bid requires a longer, time consuming process. “If he (contractor for
the best interest of the town. Volz said his reasoning for an informal bidding was due to time. If the repairs are not done as soon as possible, the pool could remain closed for the summer season. Volz said CCA recommended the repairs start now in the fall, because there would not be
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ten quotes for the specific scope of work that is required. Contractors were given a tour of the grounds individually by Volz and gave their proposal after evaluating the needed work. Instead of a formal process in going out for sealed bids, the four pool repair service providers were invited to an informal bidding by Volz. As for the charter, Town Manager Denise McNair, with council approval, has the option to waive the requirement for sealed bids if she deems it in
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The town will hire Connecticut Custom Aquatics, of North Haven, to repair a public pool in East Berlin. The company submitted the lowest bid of $48,979 for all the necessary work. During a Town Council meeting Oct. 15, Superintendent of Grounds Art Volz said the DeMore, Dinda, Bittner Pool has been in “desperate” need of maintenance, which includes repairs to the gutters, pressure washing and acid etching of the entire surface, hollow spot removal and application of scratch coating to ensure proper adhesion of new plaster to the pool exterior. There is a leak around the gutters, so CCA will drill about six inches below the drain to seal off the leak. Another problematic area is the hollow spots under the plaster. “The old race lanes —
made of tile and were there from when the pool use to have a swim team — are under the existing plaster that creates hollow spots where it’s weak and water can seep through these cracks and go to these hollow spots,” Volz said. “The contractors recommend jackhammering all the tile out, refill it with concrete to bring it back to a level and when they re-plaster the whole pool, it would be like brand new.” Volz contacted four pool repair vendors, who he is familiar with, to receive writ-
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