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Council approves parking RFP, public-works, park and police-station contracts
Summary
At its March 11 meeting the Chester City Council unanimously approved Resolutions 23–31, authorizing an RFP for parking management, civil-service rule updates, several ARPA-funded repairs and engineering quotes for police station and Sun Village Park projects.
The Chester City Council on March 11 approved a package of routine resolutions authorizing requests for proposals, testing and construction quotes for public works and public-safety projects.
Collectively, Resolutions 23 through 31 passed on voice votes with councilors recorded as voting yes. Resolution 23 authorized the city to prepare and advertise an RFP for parking management and enforcement. Resolutions 24 and 25 advanced civil-service procedures and firefighter testing to establish eligibility lists and update the commission's rules and regulations.
Several items authorized procurement or quotes: Resolution 26 authorized work with the Chester Water Authority to furnish and install piping and a public fire hydrant for the new public works building (amount read in the meeting as not to exceed $11,925; the transcript included a stray '$5' on the next line that was unclear); Resolution 27 authorized use of the Keystone Purchasing Network for police station repairs under ARPA project 36; Resolution 29 approved a quote not to exceed $31,500 from MG Engineering for environmental testing related to police station repairs. The council also approved Resolution 28 to apply for $40,194 in county liquid fuel funds for the 2026 street resurfacing program.
Park repairs received attention: Resolution 30 authorized MG Engineering to provide an environmental report for Sun Village Park pavilion repairs not to exceed $6,950, while Resolution 31 authorized accepting a quote from SJ Thomas for pavilion repairs. The figure read at the meeting for Resolution 31 appeared in the transcript as '264,96963', which is interpreted as $264,969.63.
All measures carried with the yes votes recorded by the clerk. The council did not record any no votes during the meeting.
What’s next: several of the approved items will move to procurement or contracting steps and to staff to implement; project managers and finance will execute the contracts and report back to council as required.
