Politics & Government

Moon Manager: Options Still Open for New Library

Jeanne Creese says renovation of the Beaver Grade Road building still is a possibility.

Moon officials soon will begin touring potential locations for the township's new library.

Moon Manager Jeanne Creese and officials from the four township departments located in the building at 1700 Beaver Grade will begin touring potential sites June 15.

Last month, the township retained real estate agent Steve Davis of Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate to evaluate Moon property that could be suitable for the library as well as MCA-TV, and the Moon Township Municipal Authority.

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Library officials said the building's leaking roof and limited space pose problems for staff and patrons, but Creese said a renovation of the building was "still absolutely on the table."

In September, the township received bids for a full-roof replacement. The lowest full bid was $246,830 from Eighty Four-based G & W Roofing.

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"And that would be just for the roof," Creese said. "A full renovation would obviously cost more."

She said in the coming months the township would determine if a move to a Moon property was possible or if renovation or new construction were more viable options.

"The concern with a new construction is cost," Creese said. "Moon taxpayers just paid for a new [Moon Area School District] high school."

Creese said that staff members in the Moon Township Municipal Authority have told her they were happy with the current building.

"It's not the goal necessarily to relocate the library," said Creese. "Renovation is still an option, but to move may be more economical than to fix the roof."

The township moved into the former Montour Golf Club golf house in 1994. Creese said staff began to notice the structure deteriorating in 2008.

Multiple renovations and additions to the building make replacing the roof an especially complicated process, but Creese said the facility was structurally sound.

"It has been inspected by our engineer," she said. "It is a sound building. The leaking is occurring around air conditioning units."


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