Two buildings in Ferd B. Lang Park in Arnold will be demolished.
The buildings – old homes the Arnold Parks and Recreation Department had used for office and storage space – are at 1838 and 1840 Old Lemay Ferry Road near the entrance to the park, which is at 1820 Old Lemay Ferry Road.
Arnold City Council members voted 7-0 May 6 to pay Tubbs and Son Construction of Lonedell $19,999 to demolish the two buildings, remove asphalt and restore the site.
The company submitted the lowest of three bids for the job, according to City Council documents.
City Administrator Bryan Richison said the buildings are expected to be demolished within the next several weeks.
“We have used Tubbs in the past, and they have been pretty timely,” Richison said. “I don’t expect a long delay.
Richison said the parks department’s maintenance crew had used the homes, but they are no longer needed because a new building for the parks department was completed last year at 2900 Arnold Tenbrook Road.
He said the buildings at Ferd B. Lang Park have a significant amount of mold.
“That is the biggest reason why we do not want to continue to use them,” Richison said. “It takes a lot of effort to clean out mold, and that is usually not very successful. They are not in great condition. They don’t have holes in the roof or floor, but they are old buildings.”
Richison said the city has no plans to use the land where the houses now stand for another purpose and will just cover the area with grass.
The new 1,910-square-foot building on Arnold Tenbrook Road the parks department now uses has office space and a workshop and allows the department to store all its equipment under one roof.
The city paid Franklin County Construction of New Haven $1,202,600 to build the parks department building, along with a 4,420-square-foot building for the Public Works’ Street Department.
Ward 1 Councilman EJ Fleischmann was absent from the May 6 meeting.