BRATTLEBORO — The Selectboard approved the third phase of the Gibson-Aiken Center's planned window replacement project.
At the Aug. 1 regular Selectboard meeting, Town Manager Peter B. Elwell presented the Board with the three bids his office received for the work.
Elwell explained this project is in its third - and final - major phase, with smaller components of the window replacement work possibly coming in the next fiscal year. The town budgeted $30,000 per year “to do this in affordable pieces,” he said.
This phase's lowest bid came from Vermont Vinyl in Brattleboro - at $25,520, it came in under budget.
The scope of this contract includes 44 double-hung vinyl replacement windows made by National Vinyl Windows. They are dual-pane, come with a lifetime warranty, and have an Energy Star .27 U-factor rating. (The lower its U-factor, the better a window insulates.)
Elwell noted Vermont Vinyl completed the other two phases of window replacement at the Gibson-Aiken Center, and he suggested the Selectboard accept their bid. They unanimously agreed.