Summit Hill opened bids for two items Friday, each of which drew a quote from one bidder.

The first bid, from S.A. Comunale Co. of Barberton, Ohio, offered to install a sprinkler system at a new fire station and community center the borough will begin building in 2008. The cost for the system was projected at $72,318.

The other bid was $34,000 for a Dump truck with snow plow.

The borough building project will involve razing of the borough’s current building and the construction of two new buildings, which will house borough offices, police and fire stations, and a community center.

Estimated costs for the project are expected to total about $3.5 million, according to Scott Shearer from Public Financial Management Inc. of Harrisburg, one of the project’s financial advisers.

Of that amount, $1.25 million will come from a matching state grant, and another $200,000 will come in the form of funds the borough has managed to save.

Shearer said at a meeting that he hopes council members will consider floating a $2.1 million bond to cover the rest of the costs. In order to pay the amount back over 25 years, the property tax may rise by more than 1 mill in 2009.

Because the matching grant money will not be made available to the borough until it has other financing in place, council will need to finance the full amount of the project up-front. It will then be reimbursed by the state.

If council votes on the bond issue at its reorganization meeting in three weeks, Shearer said it is likely the funds will be in place by February.

The second bid, from the Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp. of Nesquehoning, offered a 2004 Ford dump truck — complete with snow plow and cinder spreader — for $34,000. An F-550 4 by 4 model, the truck has 30,209 miles on it.

Borough Secretary Kira Michalik said the sprinkler bid will be reviewed by the project’s architect, and both bids will be looked over by the borough solicitor before council makes a decision.

The bids are scheduled to be discussed and acted upon at the borough’s reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 7.