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Hampstead council approves water-main contract and hears updates on housing and mill renovation
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The Hampstead town council approved a $140,546 contract for water distribution improvements to extend service to a new three-house subdivision; council also heard updates on the water treatment plant review, multiple development site plans and other infrastructure projects.
HAMPSTEAD — The Hampstead town council voted to award a contract for water distribution system improvements and heard multiple infrastructure and development updates at its meeting.
Town manager Jim Rourke said three final bid packages for the town’s water system centralization and modernization — including the water treatment plant construction and inspection-services contracts — “have been submitted to MDE for their review and approval. Once they’re approved, we’ll be able to execute the contracts with Conewago for construction and RK and K for inspection services.” Rourke told the council staff hopes to issue a notice to proceed to the construction contractor by Feb. 1.
On a related item the council approved the low bid from Stanballs Incorporated to install a new potable main that will extend service from the cul-de-sac at Oldfield Court through Sunder Lane to Hampshire Avenue to serve the Roberts Field subdivision. Rourke said Woodhaven Builders, the developer of the three-house Roberts Field project, will contribute $70,000 toward the work. “So the town’s cost in this project will be just over 70,000,” Rourke said; he noted the town had budgeted $90,000 for the work. The staff recommendation to award the contract to Stanballs Incorporated in the amount of $140,546 was moved and seconded and carried on an affirmative voice vote.
Council members asked technical questions about the main’s configuration. An unidentified participant noted the extension will remain a dead-end main for now but will include a fire hydrant and provisions for a future loop; “We put the valve in to make sure that we can do that in the future,” the speaker said.
Rourke also briefed the council on other development activity: Hampstead Crossing (formerly Melanie Acres), a six-house subdivision on Dana Avenue, has two houses completed and sold with additional homes under construction; a mill renovation is underway to create approximately 30 apartment units and site-plan reviews are underway for a Tractor Supply and a Weiss Gas and Go. The manager said he and staff also held a pre-submittal meeting for a small mixed-use project by 845 Main Street LLC and described a minor subdivision (Roberts Field 3) proposed on Hampshire Lane.
The council’s public-record discussion and the contract award follow an administrative review by staff and reference checks on the contractor. No formal roll-call vote was read into the record for the award; the chair called for “all those in favor” and members responded "Aye." The contract award item is listed in town records as fiscal-year item FY26-02.
