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Clifton Heights OKs KPN authorization, approves $6,000 grant-administration fee for Springfield Road multimodal project
Summary
Council authorized using the Keystone Purchasing Network to price phase 1 of a multimodal project at Springfield Road and Baltimore Avenue and approved a $6,000 contract with Grant Success Lab to prepare and administer an additional multimodal application.
Clifton Heights Borough Council on June 17 authorized the borough to use the Keystone Purchasing Network to solicit pricing for phase 1 of a multimodal project at the intersection of Springfield Road and Baltimore Avenue and approved a $6,000 contract amendment with Grant Success Lab (GSL) to prepare and administer an additional multimodal grant application.
The council approved the GSL agreement by roll call following a motion from Councilman Cannon and a second from Councilman Gorman. The $6,000 covers application preparation and administration for adding Baltimore Avenue to Sycamore Avenue to the borough’s multimodal requests.
Council members and staff stressed that the KPN authorization only permits the borough to obtain pricing through the cooperative purchasing network; it does not commit borough funds or approve construction contracts. “We’re not authorizing a contract tonight. We’re not authorizing any money for it. But this would authorize us to go to the Keystone Purchasing Network, have an agreement with them where they would price it out,” said John Kelly, borough engineer. The phase 1 work described to council includes removal of 2 South Springfield Road, installation of underground storm detention and a parking lot to capture stormwater and reduce sheet flow across Baltimore Pike.
John McCozzi, the borough manager, and Kelly said the Keystone Purchasing Network (KPN) is a cooperative purchasing program authorized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that lets municipalities obtain prepriced bids from participating contractors. If KPN pricing aligns with the borough’s estimates, council will be asked to approve a final contract; if not, the borough can pursue traditional competitive bidding.
Council members also approved a separate motion to authorize entering KPN for the Phase 1 scope; that motion passed on a roll-call vote. Staff said the multimodal program is being coordinated in multiple color-coded phases to meet grant deadlines; the project aims to address drainage, sidewalks, curves and safety along the corridor in several stages.
The GSL motion and the KPN authorization were presented in the manager’s report and engineer’s briefing and passed by roll-call votes.
