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Murrysville council appoints Bill Chazar, names Colleen Gain finance director and approves $1.09M road overlay
Summary
Council appointed Bill Chazar to fill a vacant council seat, adopted a resolution to make the appointment, approved Colleen Gain as finance director and named her liaison to Berkheimer; members also awarded an overlay contract to Dairy Construction at $1,092,677 and approved a disabled-veterans tax-exemption refund.
At its May 6 meeting the Municipality of Murrysville council took several personnel and procurement actions.
Appointments: Council President opened nominations to fill a vacant council seat and a council member nominated Bill Chazar. After roll-call voting by name, the council declared that Chazar had received the required affirmative votes. The council then voted to adopt resolution number 814-26 appointing Bill Chazar to the vacant seat. The swearing-in was deferred until Mayor Dice can administer the oath at a later meeting.
Finance director and liaison: Council moved to appoint Colleen Gain as finance director following the reassignment of the previous finance director. Michael Nestico told council Colleen had served as assistant finance director and had prior experience in municipal finance; staff recommended her appointment. The council approved the appointment by voice vote. Council subsequently adopted resolution number 817-26 updating the municipality's liaison to Berkheimer (tax collection) to reflect the new finance director.
Contracts and other actions: In engineering, staff reported three bids for the DPW overlay project (DPW-1-262026) and recommended awarding a contract not to exceed $1,500,000. The low bidder was Dairy Construction at $1,092,677; council authorized the award with the stated not-to-exceed budget and noted a 10% change-order threshold for potential contract adjustments. Council also approved a disabled-veterans real-property tax-exemption refund for a property at 3804 Harwick Court (tax map 49-10-02-0-019), effective 02/25/2025; municipal relief was described in the meeting as approximately $473.
Scheduling and housekeeping: Council approved canceling the May 19 meeting (election day) and rescheduling it to May 20, 2026 at 7 p.m. in the council chambers.
Next steps: the appointee will be sworn in at a subsequent meeting, the new finance director will assume liaison duties with Berkheimer, and staff will proceed with contract administration for the overlay project per procurement rules.
