Contract for work on Wells Building exterior goes to Cleveland firm

January 7, 2016 at 9:55p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The city’s board of control approved a $392,160 contract for a Cleveland company do extensive exterior work to the future home of the Youngstown Municipal Court.

The board voted Thursday to hire VIP Restoration for the job. VIP’s proposal was the least expensive of the 10 received by the city.

“We received a lot of interest in the project and that resulted in competitive prices,” said Charles Shasho, deputy director of the city’s public-works department.

The city’s estimated price for the work was $606,000. Only two of the 10 proposals were greater than the estimate.

For more on the project, read Friday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.