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Hazle Township approves bids, payments and multiple land‑development items in fall meetings
Summary
Across October–December meetings, Hazle Township supervisors approved developer agreements, awarded construction and equipment bids, authorized grant reimbursements, and approved several payments and security releases; motions were recorded with unanimous roll calls.
Hazle Township supervisors approved a series of routine and project-specific votes during meetings from Oct. 15 through Dec. 9, 2024, including developer agreements, bid awards, grant reimbursements, construction change orders, and payment applications.
Key approvals recorded in the minutes include: authorization for supervisors to sign developer agreements for Fellin Storage Units (Old Airport Road); payment authorizations to M&J Excavation ($27,975 and $20,550) for the 2024 patching project and to Wanick Construction ($4,726.43) for a Rails-to-Trails culvert grant; approval of H&K Group applications for pickleball court repairs ($8,942) and the CDBG paving project ($221,535); approval of E.A. Johnson Group Change Order #1 ($22,231) and payment applications related to the municipal garage siding project (Invoice #3182 for $59,564 and later Invoice #3204 for $21,850); and multiple Wexcon payment applications for the Jaycee Drive/Lions Drive sewer replacement project (payment applications totaling the amounts recorded in the minutes). Most motions were moved by Montone or Fiume, seconded by the other, and passed by unanimous roll calls (Montone, Fiume, Griguoli), as recorded in the minutes.
Procurement actions included awarding the Community Park pole building bid to the lowest responsible bidder (Dutchman Contracting, $64,643) contingent on solicitor and engineer review, and awarding emergency equipment and materials bids to the lowest responsible bidders with re-bid authority for items that received no bids.
Land-development and security actions included approval of HIP Lot 57B (248,000 sq. ft. building in Humboldt Industrial Park), STTC Hazleton (22,400 sq. ft. wholesale tire sales and repair), partial release of Ridgewood-Sunburst Phase 1 financial security ($161,448.65 released), Interstate Metal Recycling financial security release ($150,000), and the Hazleton Endoscopy Center addition/expansion land development and stormwater agreements.
Several motions authorized grant-related actions: submission of Reimbursement Request #1 ($234,683) for the purchase of a wheel loader through an LSA grant, and Resolution #2024-25 to apply for a $252,000 LSA grant for a new pole building at the township complex. The Jaycee Drive/Lions Drive sewer replacement project payments were noted as ARPA-funded in the minutes.
The minutes show routine board governance (minutes and treasurer's report approval) and recurring unanimous roll-call voting for the motions recorded. The record does not show any failed motions or detailed dissent on the items listed here.
What this means: The board’s approvals move several capital and development projects into the implementation phase; payments and security releases free up contractor work and developer progress. Where votes were contingent on solicitor/engineer review (for example, pole building award), those reviews remain a next step before final contract execution.
