Civic Center Heat Continues
One of the units on top of the Grove Civic Center has gone out and is unable to heat.
But there was plenty of heat coming from one member of the Grove Industrial Development Authority at its regular meeting Tuesday.
Board member Bob Henkle said "we should have sold this building when we had a chance and could have had something really nice for the citizens of Grove but we horsed around and now we face significant expenses with the air conditioning and heating and the leaky roof."
The board voted to replace the one broken unit estimated at $5,000. There are another 14 units that are 20 years old; another two units are 10 years old. Heat and AC repairs totaling nearly $100,000, with another $350,000 estimated for roof repairs, put restoration at nearly a half million dollars.
Henkle said "we should give the people of Grove an opportunity to vote on whether to sell it and build a new center."
Glenn Sharp, part of the citizen audience, said "the matter would have been solved if not for your (Henkle's) insistence that a new center be built in one particular location."
Henkle denied the accusation and the matter was gaveled to a close by Mayor Nuckolls.
Dave Helms, who serves on the GIDA board and is also a councilor, said the matter "is dead on arrival. There will be no action taken for a year on this issue." He and Nuckolls have consistently opposed the sale of the current civic center.
Minutes of previous GIDA meetings on July 6, July 15, Aug 24 and Oct. 18 were approved, while minutes of the meeting on June 21 were not approved due to disagreement over cost figures from McSorley Architects of Tulsa relating to the new civic center.
The board also voted action regarding a resolution approving the positions and duties for General Manager, Secretary and Treasurer to the Board; and asked the city attorney to draft a Policy for the next meeting relative to conditions of sale for the remaining lots at the Grove Business Park. This will involve putting some kind of time limit on starting construction after purchase, rather than holding the land for speculative purposes.
But there was plenty of heat coming from one member of the Grove Industrial Development Authority at its regular meeting Tuesday.
Board member Bob Henkle said "we should have sold this building when we had a chance and could have had something really nice for the citizens of Grove but we horsed around and now we face significant expenses with the air conditioning and heating and the leaky roof."
The board voted to replace the one broken unit estimated at $5,000. There are another 14 units that are 20 years old; another two units are 10 years old. Heat and AC repairs totaling nearly $100,000, with another $350,000 estimated for roof repairs, put restoration at nearly a half million dollars.
Henkle said "we should give the people of Grove an opportunity to vote on whether to sell it and build a new center."
Glenn Sharp, part of the citizen audience, said "the matter would have been solved if not for your (Henkle's) insistence that a new center be built in one particular location."
Henkle denied the accusation and the matter was gaveled to a close by Mayor Nuckolls.
Dave Helms, who serves on the GIDA board and is also a councilor, said the matter "is dead on arrival. There will be no action taken for a year on this issue." He and Nuckolls have consistently opposed the sale of the current civic center.
Minutes of previous GIDA meetings on July 6, July 15, Aug 24 and Oct. 18 were approved, while minutes of the meeting on June 21 were not approved due to disagreement over cost figures from McSorley Architects of Tulsa relating to the new civic center.
The board also voted action regarding a resolution approving the positions and duties for General Manager, Secretary and Treasurer to the Board; and asked the city attorney to draft a Policy for the next meeting relative to conditions of sale for the remaining lots at the Grove Business Park. This will involve putting some kind of time limit on starting construction after purchase, rather than holding the land for speculative purposes.
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