LOWER MERION — Lower Merion officials this week approved contracts for work at the township administration building and the Ludington Library.

The contracts were discussed during a finance committee meeting and then approved later that night by the board of commissioners at their meeting.

During the committee meeting, Commissioner Scott Zelov outlined the two contracts.

One of the contracts includes exterior improvements at the public safety building and the township administration building, while the other involves ramp repairs at Ludington Library.

“I will move to recommend to the board of commissioners approval to award a contract for public safety building and township administration building exterior improvements and Ludington Library ramp repairs to Jack Construction LLC in accordance with bids received on Thursday, August 21st, 2025,” Zelov said. “With the recommendation of the chief financial officer and the approval of the director of public works and the township engineer in the total bid amount of $83,200 for the public safety building and township administration building and $15,050 for Ludington Library with a $2,000 credit because the one contractor is bidding successfully bidding on both projects in separate locations for a total combined bid of $96,250.”

Adam Szumski, chief financial officer in Lower Merion, said the two projects have been on the township’s Capital Improvement Program for a few years and are being brought forward this year.

“The larger of the two contracts is improvements on the exterior of this building, the public safety and administration building, which includes cleaning above-ground masonry, repointing masonry joints and corners, waterproofing treatments, cleaning and repainting all handrails and guardrails, and some other work. From time to time, when we have similar projects, we will bid projects in pairs to see if we can get a credit for awarding two, which we successfully did here, pairing it with the Ludington Library ramp repairs, which have similar masonry and concrete work.”

Following the finance committee meeting, the commissioners approved the contracts as part of the board’s consent agenda.