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Selectmen approve series of public-works and parks contracts, safety upgrades and appointments
Summary
At its April 7 meeting, New Canaan’s Board of Selectmen unanimously approved multiple Department of Public Works and parks contracts — including bollards and a pad for a parks fuel tank, wastewater pump safety guards, a Waveny House fire-alarm upgrade and stormwater GIS mapping — and confirmed a slate of appointments.
The New Canaan Board of Selectmen on April 7 approved a package of town contracts and administrative actions, moving forward repairs and infrastructure work across parks, public works and town facilities.
The board voted unanimously to authorize a series of contracts presented by Department of Public Works staff (S2), including a contract with Hussey Brothers Excavating for installation of safety bollards and a concrete pad for a new above-ground parks fuel tank. S2 told the board funds were available to continue the project and explained the pad is intended to catch drips and protect the facility; the motion on the floor recorded a contract amount of $9,800 with a $980 contingency (total $10,780).
The board also approved a $16,000 fabrication and installation contract (plus $1,600 contingency) with Hardcor Iron Works to fabricate removable stainless-steel safety guards for eight wastewater-plant pumps after an OSHA walkthrough flagged exposed drive shafts on the equipment. S2 said the guards will be designed to allow maintenance access while preventing accidental entanglement.
Other contract approvals included a $36,675 contract…
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