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Westerly council approves several infrastructure and recreation contracts, and an $18 million road and sidewalk bond authorization
Summary
During the meeting the council approved: a $105,650 Beta Group contract for the Bradford site, a $296,503.10 sewer relining contract, Musco lighting and American Ramp Company contracts for White Rock Skate Park, and authorized up to $18 million in bonds for roads, sidewalks and drainage; ARPA/OPRA funds were cited as primary sources for several items.
The Westerly Town Council approved a set of resolutions authorizing consultant and construction contracts and a bond authorization during the meeting.
Key votes and outcomes: the council approved a $105,650 contract with Beta Group to advance Phase 1 work for the Bradford School master plan; it approved a contract for sewer relining work with In Situ Technologies for $296,503.10 (funded from ARPA/OPRA funds); and it approved Musco Sports Lighting LLC for White Rock Skate Park lighting ($196,040) and a contract with American Ramp Company for shade structures, signage and benches (amount cited in the meeting documents and discussion approximately $901,309.90). The council also authorized the town manager to issue bonds and notes for road, sidewalk, and drainage infrastructure in an amount not to exceed $18,000,000, with staff saying the work is likely to be phased across three years to manage interest costs.
Several votes cited the requirement to obligate ARPA/OPRA allocations before year-end and noted that some contract dollars were allocations from existing project budgets. In some cases councilors asked staff about warranty terms, scope of work, and whether additional engineering or flow testing had been completed or would be required; staff said Jacobs is producing sewer-system modeling and flow analyses to inform future projects.
Where motions included suspending rules to move items forward, the council recorded the motions and approved them by voice vote; the transcript records ‘Aye’ votes and the chair announced motions carried. Detailed roll-call tallies were not always captured in the public transcript.
