Public Works Committee reviews amended NYSDOT supplemental agreement for Crooms Crossing Road bridge; county share noted

The Saratoga County Public Works Committee on Feb. 4 reviewed two related resolutions to update funding and adjust a consultant contract for the Crooms Crossing Road bridge replacement in the Town of Half Moon.

Ted, a committee member, said the project (referred to as the Marcecelli project) is funded primarily through New York State Department of Transportation-administered federal and state dollars. He told the committee that NYSDOT issues supplemental agreements for each project phase and, after recent staffing changes at NYSDOT, those supplemental agreements contained errors that have now been corrected. "DOT had sent us the wrong agreements," he said.

Ted told the committee the corrected supplemental agreement increases funding by "an additional $23,614 for construction inspection and $986 for design" and that the county's share for this update is $2,680. He described the first resolution as an amendment to a previously adopted board resolution to accept the updated funds and a related small budget amendment to accommodate the county contribution.

The chair moved the resolutions to the floor and the transcript records the chair saying, "I'll take both motions." The recorded voice vote in the provided transcript segments shows "Aye" from the chair and "Aye" from Ted. The transcript does not include a full roll-call or a complete tally for additional members, nor does it provide resolution numbers or the supplemental agreement reference number.

Ted said the second resolution would amend the consultant contract with Creighton Manley Engineering to include the additional funding accepted in the first resolution. A second for that motion was recorded on the floor, but the transcript segments provided do not capture a distinct, separate recorded vote for the contract amendment.

The meeting then moved on without other substantive items in the provided segments. The chair asked if there was any other business and closed the discussion in the segments given.

The committee did not state resolution numbers or attach the supplemental agreement text in the recorded segments; the transcript also does not show a complete roll-call for the recorded votes. Further documentation (the supplemental agreement and board resolution text or a full meeting minute record) would be required to confirm full vote tallies, account codes, and the consultant contract amendment language.