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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Ind. Courts - Madison courthouse rebuilding hits snag
Updating earlier ILB entries, including this one from July 17, 2009, Sara Denhart of the Madison Courier reported yesterday in a story that begins:
The Jefferson County commissioners want to spend about $1 million to pay contractors working on the Courthouse rather than making them wait for a payment from Travelers Insurance.The Jefferson County Council would have to approve the spending of county money, which would come from the county income tax.
"We've got to do something for these contractors or they are going to walk," Commissioner Tom Pietrykowski said.
About $750,000 in bills are owed to general contractor HGC Construction of Cincinnati. HGC was awarded the reconstruction contract of $3.5 million to rebuild the damaged Courthouse after a fire May 20, 2009.
HGC has installed the third-floor windows and is doing plaster and drywall finishing inside. The contractor plans to paint the third floor next week. The project is expected to be completed by June.
Travelers Insurance was supposed to pay for the work. Travelers has provided about $6.4 million for restoring salvageable county documents, beginning the rebuilding, covering personal property losses and finding temporary office space.
Payment of the insurance claims has been slower than county officials had been told it would be.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 19, 2011 12:49 PM
Posted to Indiana Courts