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AU Press JOUMal Friday, August 31, 2001 SEBASTIAN RIVER AREA
Contractor given deadline to finish restrooms
Camco'spresident said
contract with the firm win
be
"We're getting quality rest-
the:delays Were -expressed to
City Engineer Ralph Bres-
the coin an will
p y
terminated, city officials
say.'
rooms and they're something
the
-Palestrini in :a recent letter
cia said the -company would
Complete the restrooms
The restrooms are at the
community has been
waiting on.for quite some
written by Sebastian General
Services Administrator.Paul
have to undertake "a:massive
by Wednesday, but
Barber Street Sports Com-
time, 4 he said at the time.
Wagner.
effort" in order to.complete
the restrooms by Wednesday,
addedthatall the work
plex; Hardee Park, north of
county Road 5I2 on Barber
The community still is
waiting.
In the letter, Wagner said,
"The ; ,project lingers
Required features for dis-
cannot be blamed
Street and the Sebastian
June and -July completion
.in
appears to be a state of' sus -
a6led persons, electrical con.
on the company.
Yacht Club, on Indian River
dates =given by the company
.Pended animation with no
necfions and plumbing are
some of the items
Drive, at -the east end of
came and went. Thursday,
real end in sight. While we
left to be
Cleveland Street.
Moore said the contract for
have tried to .work with you
done, he said.
By Anthony Judnich
Cameo's president said the
the restrooms called for them
in the spirit of cooperation,
If the deadline is not met,
staff wdter
company will complete the
to be finished in 75 days. He
each and every promise to
Cameo's bonding :company
Sebastian city officials
restrooms by the deadline,
but added that :all the work
said there were a number of
inspections that the
complete construction on. a
given, date has been broken
would assign another com-
PanY .to finish the work, or
have lost their patience with
delays cannot be blamed on,
coin•
pany failed, delaying the pro-
by your firm.
a
advise city officials to use
a Vero Beach firm they
the company.
jest somewhat, but the work
As such, we no to ager
cityworkers p
workers to complete the
awarded three restroom pro-
Cameo began constructing
`should not have taken this
havem m your firm s abil-
job, .with the bond covering
igets to in February, saying
the new:restrooms and sewer
long."
nty,to complete these projects
..the -work, Brescia said.
the work appears to linger in
hook-ups in February after
Cameo President Paul Pal-
t a in the near future, if
Brescia said the
a state of suspended anima-
submittinIn
esoJul apologized
-
If
.perfor-
and ent bond. is
tion.
Cameo
bids at.$148,5o5. March,
pals at asix
Y City Council
a restrooms are not
compl@ted by Wednesday, the
egiialmancot the cosmt of the job.
Services Inc. has
until the end of the business
City Manager 'Terrence
Moore
meeting, saying vandalism,
heavy and
city.a orney could seek relief
It's hard. to know when the
day on Wednesday. to com•
.said .the restrooms
should be completed within
rains other factors
contributedtothe delays:
from Camco's payment and
performance bonding
plete .the work, or else the
7590 days.
The city s latest views on
,com-
pant Wagner wrote.
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restrooms would be finished,
he said, saying that depends
on the bonding. company.
"To . me, the amount of
work to be done .would take a
minimum of one month,'.
Brescia said Thursday.
Palestrini said he sent -a let-
ter to city officials saying the
projects would be done by.
Wednesday.
We will be meeting that
deadline," Palestrini said
Thursday.-
Several.things contributed
to delays, he said. Subcontrac-
tors did not work with.the
schedule Cameo had - pro-
vided, city officials changed
work orders. and bad weather
all stalled progress, Palestriai
said.