Brookhaven council approves multiple public-works contracts, extends trash contract one year at no cost increase

Brookhaven Borough Council on its Sept. 2025 meeting approved awards and authorizations for a series of public-works projects — including stormwater repairs, ADA curb installations and a garage addition — and approved a one-year extension of the borough’s trash and recycling contract for calendar year 2026 at no additional price.

Engineer and public-works staff identified several action items that the council approved by voice votes. The council accepted a Pro Max Fence proposal for $5,563 to install a posted-rail fence required by a property-sales agreement. For a stormwater project on Sweeney Circle the borough received nine bids and the council “recommend[ed] award to Eagle Contracting and Landscaping” at $42,650. The council also authorized advertising for bids on the Jackson Drive storm project, the Mount Vernon traffic-island rain garden (a project tied to a Pennsylvania Small Water and Sewer grant) and the annual street sanitary and storm-sewer maintenance contract.

Council authorized repairs at several locations deemed maintenance priorities: a sinkhole repair at 3425 Commerce Avenue, storm-sewer repairs at 115 East Garrison Road and 70 Ruth Road, and clearance around the sewage-treatment outfall under a Deerfield Mowing proposal of $5,475. For Cambridge and Memorial Park basin work staff sought initial pipe repairs and noted $250,000 budgeted toward that line for additional work as needed.

Public works also reported the borough would accept a cost proposal from Joseph J Danielle LLC for a garage addition ($56,537) and executed a five-year lease agreement with NCL Government Capital for a new Bobcat loader with accessories. The council noted the Premier Concrete contract to perform ADA curb cuts on Coburn and Chandler will start in the coming weeks and will be coordinated with the crossing guard.

Separately, the council approved a change order to extend the current trash and recycling contract with B and L Disposal Services for 2026 at the same price as 2025, a move council members said will keep the borough’s disposal line item unchanged in next year’s preliminary budget. Council members noted the extension preserves current service pricing but also preserves known service limitations (for example, delayed recycling pickups after major holidays that were reported earlier).

Officials discussed the financial context during the meeting. A council member said the extension was expected to save the borough money compared with the next expected bid, and staff described prior bid estimates and budget implications in general terms; the meeting record contains speakers’ estimates and stated figures that the council did not adopt as formal budget assumptions at the meeting.

All project awards and authorizations discussed in the meeting were approved by voice vote; the minutes record “aye” responses and the motions carried.