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Palmyra board authorizes Ramsey contract work, approves meter supplies and new truck purchase
Summary
The Palmyra Town Board authorized execution of an amended contract with Ramsey Water to complete ARPA-funded lead-service-line and meter work, approved $11,268.54 in meter and supply purchases, and agreed to buy a 2024 Dodge Ram 2500 for $55,006.38.
The Palmyra Town Board on the evening’s agenda approved multiple utility and equipment items, including authorization to finalize an amended contract with Ramsey Water tied to ARPA-funded lead-service-line inventory and meter work, a $11,268.54 purchase for meter supplies, and the purchase of a 2024 Dodge Ram 2500 tradesman for $55,006.38.
Board members reviewed an emailed Ramsey summary that listed previously billed and pending tasks under the town’s ARPA contract: GPS locating of valves and meters, meter change-outs and testing, valve exercising and lead-service-line excavation and inventory. The contract’s schedule A details per-unit costs (for example, listed rates included $50 per GPS valve location, $45 per valve exercising, $45 per meter change-out and $160 per hour for lead-service-line excavation). The board moved to authorize formal execution of the amended contract, with the clerk signing the agreement after staff verified billed quantities and the presiding officer comparing recent invoices to the schedule.
Water staff reported operational needs and recommended replacing supplies needed to support system work. The board approved a low-bid supply package totaling $11,268.54 for meters, gaskets, clamps and meter boxes so staff could continue meter change-outs and system conversions. The meeting record shows the motion was made and seconded and that the motion carried.
Separately, the board reviewed bids to replace an aging utility truck. After discussion of available vehicles and auctioning surplus units, members authorized purchase of a 2024 Dodge Ram 2500 tradesman (utility bed) for $55,006.38 and directed staff on next steps to finalize the transaction.
The board’s attorney advised on execution logistics and public-record steps required for contracts and surplus sales. Several procedural motions were handled during the meeting and recorded as carried; no roll-call vote tallies were provided in the meeting record.
The town clerk and staff will follow up to ensure contract signatures are recorded and the purchases are completed outside the meeting.
