Mold-removal bids sought in Wales

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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Mold-removal bids sought in Wales

Worcester Telegram & Gazette,Worcester, MA*

By Patty Lawrence- CORRESPONDENT

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WALES— The Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday night to seek two

additional bids for the removal of mold at Town Hall.

The action was taken after a meeting with Margeson of All Clean

Mold Service in Hampden and after Mr. Margeson provided the board

with a rundown of services his company would perform at the

building, which is on Hollow Road, to remove the harmful fungus. The

company's price was kept confidential to enable selectmen to go out

to bid for the project.

Selectmen's Assistant Kaye S. Worth invited Mr. Margeson to meet

with the board after a mold analysis performed by Pro-Lab Oct. 23

determined there were elevated mold conditions inside and outside

the building. The analysis was done after years of Town Hall

employees complaining of feeling ill while working in the

building.

Mr. Margeson said that, based on the report findings, they should be

most concerned about the high levels of cladosporium,

penicillium/aspergillus and stachybotrys (black mold) spores found

in the building.

The Board of Health reviewed the mold analysis report at its Nov. 20

meeting and voted to request selectmen to hire someone to resolve

the problem. Besides the mold, the Board of Health says, there has

been recent evidence of rodent activity throughout the building.