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Frostburg City Council approves contracts to advance CSO elimination phases 10B and 10C
Summary
At a special April 28 meeting, Frostburg City Council approved two construction contracts to advance the city's combined sewer overflow elimination program: $3.79 million to Excavating Associates Inc. for Phase 10B and $2.47 million to Brad Construction LLC for Phase 10C; one vote was taken by roll call with an abstention declared.
Frostburg City Council on April 28 approved two contracts to move forward with the city's long-running combined sewer overflow (CSO) elimination program, awarding a $3,794,545 contract to Excavating Associates Incorporated for Phase 10B (Cemetery Lane) and a $2,468,200 contract to Brad Construction LLC for Phase 10C (East Washington).
The contracts were adopted at a specially convened meeting called after the Maryland Board of Public Works approved the city's bond request later than staff had expected. Council members and staff said delaying the awards until the next regular meeting would have pushed contractors back in ordering materials and starting work, which in turn could have delayed the planned bond closing, which staff have been working to schedule around an anticipated June 8 closing date.
Staff told the council that the Phase 10B award of $3,794,545 is the low bidder amount; the full project cost including design, inspection and other construction-related contingencies is closer to $4.5 million. Of the Phase 10B award, roughly $1,798,000 is grant funding; the remaining cost will be covered through a mix of loan and loan forgiveness, with staff estimating about $1.3 million in loan forgiveness for the project. Staff also said the city must demonstrate at least $50,000 in local spending on each project before the bond closing to show project activity to bond counsel and state reviewers.
For Phase 10C, staff presented a base award of $2,124,765 to Brad Construction LLC and an add-alternate of $343,435 for additional street work — together $2,468,200. The add-alternate was described as adding a block and tie-ins, including the connection from Nancy DMC Lane across Main Street to the area behind Mario's. The council was told the Phase 10C grant for that scope is $544,000 and the overall project cost is roughly $3.5 million, with a similar loan and loan-forgiveness split as Phase 10B.
The council approved Resolution 2026-16 (Phase 10B) by voice vote. For Resolution 2026-17 (Phase 10C), a council member requested a roll-call vote and disclosed they intended to abstain because a family member works for Brad Construction; the roll call recorded at least two affirmative votes and one abstention and the mayor declared the resolution adopted.
No members of the public spoke during the public comment period. The special meeting adjourned at about 5:42 p.m.
The actions advance two discrete segments of Frostburg City's multi-phase, multi-year program to eliminate combined sewer overflows; staff will proceed with the upfront expenditures required by bond counsel and state reviewers and return to routine project administration and reporting as construction proceeds.
