The Chesterton Town Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the town hall.

At that meeting members are scheduled to make their 2010 board appointments and to elect officers for next year.

In addition, they may award the contract for demolishing the fire-damaged home at 1500 Maximilian Drive in the Rose Hill Estates subdivision. The bids:

•$13,914 from Tri Inc. of East Chicago.

•$12,899 from Apex Excavation Inc. of Valparaiso.

•$12,000 from R.V. Sutton Inc. of Chesterton.

•$11,380 from G.E. Marshall of Valparaiso.

•$9,385 from CHS Construction and Restoration of Michigan City.

Building Commissioner Dave Novak proceeded with the condemnation of the house after owner Sofianos Hasapis failed to comply with a demolition order in August. That order gave Hasapis 10 days to demolish the house, essentially destroyed by a fire on Jan. 30 which the Chesterton Fire Department determined to be incendiary in origin.

Police said that Hasapis was in Illinois at the time of the fire.

Novak found the house to be in violation of the Unsafe Building Ordinance: namely, that it is uninhabitable, poses a danger to persons and neighboring properties, is a fire hazard, is structurally unsound, and is a nuisance.

Members may also discuss the cleaning of the town hall

Earlier in the evening, at 6:30 p.m., the Redevelopment Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting.

At that meeting members are scheduled to award the contract for the street- and landscaping phase of the South Calumet District project. The base bids:

•$414,492.50 from Larson-Danielson Construction Company Inc. of LaPorte.

•$586,944.12 from the American Group of Contractors of Hammond.

•$469,985.28 fro Gaugh Inc. of Merrillville.

•$796,500 from Gariup Construction Company Inc. of Gary.

Posted 12/11/2009