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Crafton engineer updates sewer projects; council ratifies $87,620 sewer‑lateral contract
Summary
Engineer and manager reported progress on multiple sewer and infrastructure projects, including Broadhead and C20 sewer work and a public‑stairs grant; council ratified an $87,620 contract award for the new public works building sewer lateral.
Crafton Borough’s engineering report on Jan. 9 covered multiple sewer and infrastructure projects and the council ratified an emailed award of a sewer‑lateral contract for the borough’s new public works building.
Engineer Keenan told the council the Broadhead Sewer Project remains under review by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for final environmental documents; the borough’s solicitor and the property owner’s attorney continue to negotiate a Perrine Street easement and the owner has requested a walking tour before signing.
Keenan reported the C20 Sewer Separation Project is advancing. The borough is applying under a Cycle 11 grant program and has a bid opening scheduled for Tuesday the 14th. Keenan said the borough already has secured a $1,660,000 grant award from Alcosan to fund part of the separation work and is applying for additional funding to cover remaining scope. He said the green infrastructure component originally planned for Oregon and Montana streets has been modified so separation work will be implemented on Richmond Street and the remaining work will be underground rather than surface green infrastructure.
The engineer also reported that new public stairwells in the borough are now open and that a grant disbursement request for $200,000 has been submitted to the ACED (grant administrator named in the engineer’s report). Keenan said the stair project had a bond estimate of about $700,000 but returned a final cost of $639,265; grants totaling $493,000 reduced the borough’s net cost to $146,265.
On a separate procurement matter, the council ratified (by motion and roll call) an emailed decision selecting A. Morante (bidder name recorded in the transcript) as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for the public works‑building sewer lateral in the amount of $87,620, based on the recommendation of Gateway Engineers. The motion was moved and seconded and the council voted to approve the award.
Keenan also said the drilling contractor completed borings for the Station Street retaining‑wall design and that Peoples Gas has finished mainline work with final street and sidewalk restoration scheduled for early spring when weather allows.
Ending: Borough staff said they will proceed with the bid opening for the C20 project, continue grant negotiations with Alcosan and ACED, and schedule final restoration work when conditions permit.
