Parks Board provides update on upcoming playground improvements...
graylin porter - reporter
At Wednesday's special Harrison County Parks Board meeting, superintendent Larry Shickles gave an update on the playground improvements for Hayswood, Buffalo Trace, and Gresham Park. Shickles went through the purchase agreement plus other documents for the inclusive facility planned for Hayswood. The total cost for this project is $2,568,165.14.
Shickles noted that the contract states a completion date of July 31, 2023, but they are hoping for June 2023. He also said there would be no parking expansion at Hayswood. When asked by board vice-president Scott Fluhr how this project complied with state bidding requirements, Shickles stated that
"The board appointed a commission to review this...we had nine that responded to the first round...they presented to this board, the board reviewed those, and they narrowed those down to three."
Shickles said the the contract was awarded in a co-op bidding process. He did not state when this process took place or who was on the board that made the final decision to go with Commercial Recreation Group.