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Council awards Maple Park site-improvement contract; electrical bid tabled for review
Summary
Council approved awarding the Maple Park site-improvement contract to H & P Construction for $272,224.13 and tabled the electrical subcontract for further vetting by the project architect; council acknowledged the award includes trees, furniture and the public restroom previously authorized.
Columbia Borough Council voted to award Contract No. 1 (site improvements) for the Maple Park improvement project to H & P Construction at the base bid of $272,224.13.
YSM Architects — the borough’s prime architect on the project — requested additional time to vet the low bidder for the electrical subcontract and asked council to table that portion of the work until the next meeting so the architect could confirm experience and references. Council agreed and awarded the site-improvement contract while deferring the electrical award.
Council clarified scope items: the base site bid includes trees and street furniture and adds to a previously approved bathroom budget (staff noted the bathroom was already authorized up to $150,000 in a prior action). Council finance staff said the borough’s share of the grant-funded site-improvement costs would be approximately $107,644.83 (assuming the bathroom cost is at the $150,000 cap and accounting for grant allocations and potential reimbursements of engineering costs).
Council directed staff to return to the next meeting with the architect’s review of the electrical bidder and to adjust grant and budget numbers if the electrical award changes the borough match. The motion to award the site-improvement contract passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
