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Princeton board signs TRC engineering contracts for water and sewer work totaling $217,500 (contract details, permit clarification)
Summary
The town approved two TRC professional-services contracts — $190,000 for water‑system improvements (including 750 AMI meters) and $27,500 for sewer collection repairs — after a staff Q&A clarified that the $10,000 permitting line covers engineering work while permit application fees (typically $2–$500) are paid separately by the town.
The Town of Princeton approved two engineering contracts with TRC on June 1 for planned water- and sewer-system upgrades. The two professional-services agreements were summarized to the board as a $190,000 package to replace about 750 water meters with AMI units and repair roughly 800 linear feet of problematic water lines, and a $27,500 package to rehabilitate or replace approximately 1,700 feet of sewer mains, six manholes and nine service laterals on Walnut Street, East First Street and South Elm Street.
During review of the contract language, board members asked whether a $10,000 line for permitting in the proposal included actual permit application fees. Mara Ashworth, who took part by phone, said the $10,000 covers the engineering work required for permit applications (drawings, calculations and engineering review) and that the permit application fees themselves are separate town costs "usually between $2 and $500," which the town would pay and then seek reimbursement from grant funds where applicable. Ashworth also said most of the work is fixed-fee and that time‑and‑materials elements (notably construction administration) are written with not-to-exceed caps so the firm will seek to control billings within the project budget.
A motion to execute the two TRC contracts was made and seconded; the board approved the contracts (recorded in the minutes as "Motion passes 30"). Town staff said deliverables will include engineering reports, permit documents, bidding documents and record drawings, and that TRC will follow applicable North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality milestones when work begins.
Next steps described by staff include authorizing TRC to proceed, coordinating permit submissions, and aligning project expense reimbursement with available grant funding. The contracts and the permitting clarification mean the town can move into design and permitting phases on both water‑system work and targeted sewer collection repairs.
Notes: the amounts above reflect figures read to the board during the meeting packet review. The transcript records the motion as passing and includes the on‑the‑record clarification that permit application fees are not included in TRC's fixed permit engineering line and are separate town-paid costs.
