Public Works Committee awards High Street paving and High Street parking lot contracts

The Public Works Committee voted to award the borough's 2025 paving contract for High Street and to award a separate bid to repair the High Street parking lot.

The committee recommended awarding the 2025 paving contract to Glasgow, the contractor that had performed similar work in previous years. Committee discussion noted Glasgow submitted the lone bid for the paving project but priced substantially below the borough's budget estimate; staff attributed part of the savings to Glasgow's speed on alley work. "I didn't realize that they would be that fast, but I think that explains the big cost savings here," a staff member said when explaining the bid results. The motion to award the contract was recorded as 3-0 in favor.

Separately, the H ive Street parking lot (listed in meeting materials as High Street parking lot) attracted a larger field of bidders. Staff reported nine bids and recommended the low bidder, Duraco, for award; the committee recorded the motion as passing 3-0. Committee members said staff will coordinate with the daycare and church stakeholders nearby to minimize disruption during milled-and-paved work.

Both projects include standard paving specifications discussed in the meeting: alley milling (about 2.5 inches) and replacement, surface sealing per PennDOT guidance, and the use of an ID-3 wearing course mix for greater structural strength in heavily used alleys.

Next steps: Staff will finalize contract award paperwork and schedule preconstruction coordination with stakeholders; timelines for milling and paving were discussed but specific start dates were not recorded in the transcript.