Article published July 10, 2003
MAUMEE INDOOR THEATER
City council OKs contracts for restoration
By ELIZABETH A. SHACK
BLADE STAFF WRITER
The Maumee City Council this week approved construction contracts for restoring the Maumee Indoor Theater.
The total construction cost, including work on the parking area and the landscaping, is estimated at $3.14 million. The work should begin in the next few weeks, said Kirk Kern, commissioner of community development.
The theater at Anthony Wayne Trail and Conant Street will be a venue for both performing arts and movies. The city bought it in 2000 for $300,000. It had closed in 1996.
Councilman Richard Carr was concerned about awarding contracts to companies that are not based in Maumee, when local companies had also put in bids.
He said that local companies would pay taxes in the city, so their work could end up costing the city less than a company that charged less for the actual work but did not pay taxes to the city.
But the law does not allow the city to prefer a local bidder if that preference is not spelled out clearly at the beginning of the bidding process, said Sheilah McAdams, director of law for the city.
At Mr. Carr's suggestion, the council voted to ask the law department to consider the changes that would be necessary to prefer local companies in future bidding processes.
The council approved contracts of $2.1 million to Mosser Construction in Fremont for general work; $129,800 to Dunbar Mechanical in Toledo for plumbing; $39,900 to Accel Fire Systems in Sylvania for fire protection; $332,800 to Warner Mechanical Corp. in Fremont for heating, ventilation, and cooling; and $370,000 to Colgan-Davis in Toledo for electrical work.
The total cost includes a 5 percent contingency for issues that could arise during construction.
The Lathrop Company, which is based in Maumee, had bid on the work but its bid was slightly higher than Mosser's.
The city requested itemized bids on different aspects of the restoration project, including repairing the storefront and the porcelain-covered metal panels on the front façade.
Bidders were asked to bid for both repair and replacement costs because the restoration must be in line with Ohio Historic Preservation Office requirements, Mr. Kern said.
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