Worcester Telegram & Gazette
(MA)
LIBRARY UPGRADE PACT LET \ W. BROOKFIELD
OPTS FOR LOW BID July 12,
2000
Section: LOCAL NEWS
Page: B1
By J.P. Ellery
WEST BROOKFIELD -- A Sturbridge company has
been awarded the bid to upgrade the exterior of
Merriam-Gilbert Public Library on West Main Street
(Route 9).
The Board of Selectmen and library trustees
last night went over the only two bids received on
the project and it was agreed to give the job to
Monaco Restorations of 113 Main St.,
Sturbridge. Monaco bid $59,900 to clean, repair
and repoint the brickwork of the library, while
Victory Construction Corp. of North Attleboro
submitted a price of $69,300, selectmen said.
Library trustees said the town had
appropriated $100,000 for the face-lift, so there
would be money left over to be turned back to the
town's treasury.
``We were hoping we could use some of it
(the surplus) for maintenance,'' said Pamela J.
Skowyra, a trustee.
Selectmen Roland R. Gaboury and John V.
Tivnan said that could not be done. ``That would
be outside the scope of the (town meeting)
article'' funding the work, Mr. Tivnan told Ms.
Skowyra.
Mr. Gaboury said if the trustees started
suggesting possible contingencies to the project,
that could quickly eat away at the $40,000 likely
to be left over.
Merriam-Gilbert Public Library underwent a
nearly $1 million renovation in 1997, including
installation of an elevator to make it accessible
to the handicapped. During a break in the meeting,
Mr. Gaboury said that, in hindsight, the pending
work by Monaco should have been done back then.
Selectmen also approved the transfer of an
all-alcoholic pouring liquor license assigned to
White Pillars Restaurant on Route 9 near Route 67.
The transfer goes from Milton O. Fountain of
Warren to Douglas R. Aspinall of West Brookfield.
``When are you going to open up?'' Mr.
Tivnan asked Mr. Aspinall.
``In the near future,'' he replied without
specifying a date. ``It won't be long.''
NAME: WHITE PILLARS RESTAURANT; DOUGLAS R.
ASPINALL; WEST BROOKFIELD SELECTMEN;
MERRIAM-GILBERT PUBLIC LIBRARY
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