PWTC , from Page 1 the next meeting . That bid is for just over $ 1 million ,” Hall said .
Mayor Stephen DiDonato had a question regarding the scope of the project .
“ Does that include a new drain near town hall , where we have that pothole situation ? Another inlet there , to take care of that water ? You know where the side door of town hall is ? We ’ re having
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all the water laying there from in the past ,” DiDonato said . Public Works Manager robert
Vettese responded .
“ i think there ’ s an inlet being placed there . We ’ ll have to check the plans ... The other thing is in case we needed any kind of onsite stormwater storage for the new parking lot . That allows the tie-in to that inlet that would be left there ,” Vettese said .
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Hall said that bids for roadwork on Valley Avenue were also received .
“ The Valley Ave bid was also recommended to be awarded to Think Pavers ; that bid also is approximately $ 1.2 million . There were a total of seven bidders for that project ,” Hall said .
Vettese noted that the town had been awarded $ 310,000 for that project from the New Jersey Department of Transportation ( DOT ).
DiDonato said that another section of roadway in Hammonton , Union road , is in need of improvement .
“ i would like to do the whole stretch , just mill and overlay . There was some talk of going from Basin to 206 , prior to , because of the bend , you should adjust some guardrail and different things ... i ’ d like to do the whole thing , from Basin all the way to Middle and be done with it — all except the bridge that the county owns , but both sides of the bridge and these two roads ,” DiDonato said .
Councilman Steven Furgione inquired as to procedure .
“ What do we do ? We award Valley and School House Lane , and then get enough money to cover us to mill and overlay Union , from Basin to Middle ?” Furgione said .
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Vine St ., Valley Ave ., Union Rd . roadwork is discussed
Hammonton Business Administrator Frank zuber replied .
“ We have to put a bond in place , and the down-payment money because we have to put five percent down , so we have to do that ,” zuber said . Furgione asked Vettese for a cost estimate to mill and overlay Union road , and Vettese replied that he has already worked on them .
“ i ’ ll take a look at it , and maybe compare it to the prices we just got for the roadway programs and then make adjustments to those ,” Vettese said .
Furgione then asked if the contracts could be awarded at the February 28 meeting , contingent on funding .
“ You have to have two readings and the estoppel period , so you ’ re looking about 80 days ,” zuber said . Vettese commented further . “ Valley Avenue will be contingent on DOT review , too , and the solicitor ’ s got to review the documents , so it ’ ll be those three items . The one for School House will be subject to [ solicitor Michael ] Malinsky ’ s review and the funding being certified ... the other thing would be to see how much money we had left over from prior years ’ road programs ,” Vettese said . zuber said that the amount left over was $ 8,069.50 .
DiDonato said that the cost of materials was still high and showed no signs of lowering .
“ Unfortunately , i ’ d like to say , it ’ s coming down , but , in light of today and all , everything ’ s going north , boys . everything ’ s going north ,” DiDonato said . Councilman Sam rodio agreed . “ Nothing ’ s coming back down . Forget it . it ’ s only going to go north from here . We thought it would get less ; it ’ s not going to be less . We ’ re in a new world ,” rodio said . Councilman edward Wuillermin echoed the sentiments of his colleagues .
“ i think you all are right . The cost of this stuff is going to go through the roof given what ’ s happening today . it ’ s just nuts ,” Wuillermin said .
DiDonato noted the importance of awarding the contract as soon as possible .
“ We have to award Monday night somehow , because , if not , these guys are not going to hold that price , and i don ’ t blame them . They ’ re going to run like hell , like the building ’ s on fire . We have to award Monday night , contingent to financing , have the first reading and , if we have to , have the second reading and try to get it done , but if i ’ m the bidder on this job , after today , i ’ m running like hell
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