Sullivan County legislature approves five public-works resolutions including $10.5M hauling contract

Sullivan County legislators voted to approve five Public Works resolutions in a block vote that included a $10.5 million hauling-and-disposal agreement and a $150,000 guardrail project for County Road 19 in Claryville.

The vote took place during the county Public Works Committee meeting and was moved by Matt McPhillips and seconded by Terry Bernardo; legislators responded "Aye" when asked to approve resolutions 1 through 5.

The resolutions approved include: a $150,000 allocation for guardrail work on County Road 19 in Claryville; a multi-year hauling and disposal contract for the county landfill with estimated expenditures of $10,500,000 over the initial contract term; an on-call crane-service contract not to exceed $50,000 per year with JK Crane; and separately bid elevator refurbishment work for two county facilities (each funded by individual resolutions in the block). Details on one other resolution included in the block vote were not specified in the meeting transcript.

Public Works presenter Ed McAndrews described the hauling-and-disposal arrangement as involving two vendors: a landfill owner and a trucking company that would load and haul county…