NORWICH – City officials at Tuesday night’s Common Council meeting voted unanimously to award bids for the renovation, remodeling or construction of several downtown locations.

A pair of the properties, City Hall and 24 East Main St., formerly the home of Frames Unlimited, have been in need of major repairs for years now, according to Mayor Joe Maiurano, who said the new projects will “go a long way toward cleaning up the city.”

In addition, construction of a new home at 49 Front St., in partnership with DCMO BOCES, will begin in the short time available before winter sets in and are scheduled for completion in the spring of 2012, he added.

Bids of $281,250, $46,893 and $282,235 were awarded to Justice Construction, Curtis Lumber and Wilcox Construction, respectively, for the remodeling of 24 East Main St. (as part of the Restore NY program), materials for the new construction at 49 Front St., and a new roof and interior renovations at City Hall.