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Council approves consent items, $1.75M bill list, wastewater chemical bid and demolition grant applications
Summary
Council approved a seven-item consent agenda, authorized payment of $1,746,617.32 in bills and payroll, awarded a rare-earth chloride bid for wastewater treatment and adopted resolutions to apply for Allegheny County Act 152 demolition funds.
Bethel Park Borough Council handled routine approvals and several operational contracts at its Nov. 10 meeting.
The council approved a seven-item consent agenda that included minutes, a bond reduction request for the Bethel Park Elementary School development, 2025 sanitary sewer projects, a Shade Tree Commission DCNR TreeVitalize grant, a storm-sewer repair pay application, Miners Park bathroom pay application No. 1, and Millennium Park Lighting pay application No. 7. The consent agenda passed 6–0.
Council approved the bills and payroll list (Bill List 2025-11-10) in the amount of $1,746,617.32 by roll call, 6–0.
Under public works, Councilor Flynn moved to award the rare-earth chloride bid (09/29/2025) to Univar Solutions at $8.0128 per gallon for up to 2,500 gallons; the chemical was described as reducing phosphorus discharge from the borough’s wastewater treatment plant. That bid award carried 6–0.
Flynn also moved two motions to adopt a slum-and-blight resolution (R-11-10-25-C) and a concurring resolution (R-11-10-25-D) to apply for Allegheny County Act 152 demolition funds; both measures passed unanimously.
Clerk Quonsamagna read the consent items and the manager called the roll for each vote. Council recorded no competitive objections to the listed contracts during the meeting.
Next steps: contract administration and grant applications will proceed through the appropriate municipal departments for execution and follow-up reporting.
