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Council to seek engineering-on-call and installs delineators on Henry Clay Street
Summary
Council agreed to advertise for an on-call streets-and-grounds engineering firm and approved installing flexible traffic delineators as a short-term measure on the subsiding Henry Clay Street while larger engineering scope is reassessed.
Harpers Ferry councilors on Jan. 27 approved steps to secure an engineering-on-call arrangement for streets and grounds and authorized short-term safety measures for a failing section of Henry Clay Street.
Speaker 2 outlined a proposed selection process modeled on past procurements: advertise, select three firms for interviews, then negotiate rates with the top candidate. The on-call engineer would provide surveying and rapid-response guidance for sidewalks, roads and other small public-works problems.
Council reviewed field observations at Henry Clay Street. Speaker 5 recommended a staged approach—seek local pavers for targeted repairs and use flexible traffic delineators to keep vehicles off unstable sections rather than immediate full-scale reconstruction. Speaker 5 moved to install flexible traffic delineators on the damaged segments; the motion was seconded and the chair announced the motion carried (recorded as 6-0).
Council directed staff to place the engineering-on-call advertisement and to have Budget & Finance vet procurement and costs before returning to council.
What happens next: staff will post the advertisement for firms, return cost estimates to Budget & Finance, and schedule follow-up inspections and measurements for the Henry Clay mitigation work.
