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Board approves $134,400 contract to upgrade Falkland sewer field
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Summary
The Pitt County Schools Board approved a $134,400 contract with Benny A. Moore Septic Tank Service to replace pumps, floats and valves and clean lines at the Falkland sewer field; unit prices for stone and fill dirt were recorded and work is funded from an NC DEQ FY22'23 allocation.
The Pitt County Schools Board of Education approved a contract to repair and upgrade the Falkland sewer field, awarding the work to Benny A. Moore Septic Tank Service (Williamston) for $134,400.
Aaron Erickson told the board the project will replace a majority of operational components at the sewer field'including pump equipment, floats, valves and the vault box'and will include cleaning the existing lines to extend the system's service life. Erickson said the work is funded with North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality grant money awarded in fiscal 2022'23 and that this is the last calendar year to spend the allocation. After two bidding rounds the recommended contractor was the same vendor used in the presentation; Erickson also listed unit prices for potential additional work: No. 57 stone at $164 per ton and fill dirt at $135 per ton.
Board members asked about past and future sewer needs; Erickson said the district typically faces recurring sewer maintenance or replacement needs and that this contract would be the third of four projects supported by the DEQ allocation, leaving roughly $65,000 of the original $600,000 appropriation available for a final project.
The motion to approve the Falkland sewer-field upgrade carried by voice/hand vote (moved by Jennifer, seconded by Amy; motion recorded as "Motion carries"). Operations staff will execute the contract and report back on completion and remaining DEQ funds.
Sources: presentation and Q&A during the April Pitt County Schools Board meeting.
