Arnold Approves Two Contracts for Rec Center Improvements
Date Posted: January 12, 2023
Posted In: News, Projects,
From Leader Publication: The city of Arnold has started lining up projects to improve the Arnold Recreation Center, but with more projects still needed, it is unknown when work will begin on the facility at 1695 Missouri State Road.
City Council members voted 7-0 on Dec. 1 to pay a total of $869,883 to have the building’s roof replaced and new flooring installed in its three meeting rooms. Ward 1 Councilman EJ Fleischmann was absent from the meeting.
Shay Roofing of Millstadt, Ill., was awarded the $809,908 roofing contract, and CI Flooring of St. Louis will be paid $59,975 for the flooring project. Shay submitted the lowest of three bids, and CI Flooring was the only company to bid on the flooring project, City Administrator Bryan Richison said.
The roof and floor projects are two of 14 projects the city plans to complete at the rec center using funds from a $2,404,500 lease-purchase agreement with Commerce Bank that council members approved on Aug. 25 by a 7-1 vote. Ward 3 Councilman Rodney Mullins voted no.
Arnold officials also plan to replace two pool paks – large dehumidifiers above the pool area – as well as the steps to the indoor pool’s slide, pulse boilers and other equipment throughout the building.
Richison said because the other projects are still being finalized, a start date for the work on the roof and meeting room flooring has not been determined.
“If we can get the different mechanical, roof and construction projects lined up, it may be a situation where we shut the building down for a week or so to try to get it all done, or nearly done, at once, instead of having shutdowns here and there,” he said. “With that much going on at one time, it would make sense to close the whole building down.”
Richison said the rec center, which opened in 2005, has needed a new roof for a long time.
He said the roof leaks in some offices, and some structural repairs are needed over the pool area.