County tables fire proposal

AUBURN - The Cayuga County Ways and Means committee Tuesday tabled a resolution to amend a proposal for replacing the fire system at the Cayuga County nursing home. Binder Electric Corporation, the company that was awarded the bid, originally drafted a proposal that indicated the cost would be approximately $101,000, said chairman of the Ways and Means committee Francis Mitchell.

However, codes enforcement officer Jerry VeVone requested that additional smoke and heat detectors be installed because the specifications of the original drawings of the building were inaccurate. As a result, the updated cost estimate would increase by up to 30 percent, Mitchell, R-Genoa said.

The original proposal did not include smoke detectors in each sleeping room, nursing home administrator Deb English said. After taking those changes into consideration, the additional cost for the project would be $30,610.