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Indiana Borough Council approves four public‑works payments totaling about $637,090
Summary
The council approved four pay applications and requisitions for public‑works projects — payments to J5 Construction, Ray I Winters & Sons, Stelco Inc., and a PenVEST requisition — by 8–0 roll call votes, and members asked staff to examine change‑order processes for bridge work.
Indiana Borough Council approved four public‑works payments Tuesday, totaling approximately $637,090, all by unanimous roll‑call votes.
Council voted to approve a $267,750 pay application for contract 2025‑1 to J5 Construction, followed by approval of a PenVEST requisition (ME28007 Requisition 2) in the amount of $294,901.30 to move funds needed for project payments. Council then approved pay estimate 1 for contract 2025‑3 — $72,053.98 to Ray I Winters & Sons Incorporated — and a $2,385 pay application for contract 2025‑2 to Stelco Incorporated. Each motion passed on roll call, with the meeting record indicating an 8–0 tally on each vote.
Public‑works staff presented the items as routine pay applications originating from committee and answered one council question about date labeling on payout files before votes. On the Ray I Winters pay estimate, a council member pressed for a written follow‑up to the borough’s engineers to review the original bidding and design process after significant change orders on a bridge project. "How could we have known about this better?" the member asked, and requested that the question be posed in writing to the engineers so the borough can protect itself in future procurements.
Council and staff also discussed a pilot for recycled‑plastic tree grates and preparatory work for third‑party paving — including storm and sanitary line work and manhole repairs done before paving starts — but no additional public‑works actions were withheld.
The council will track any engineer response on change‑order causes and consider procedural adjustments in future public‑works procurements.
The motions and vote outcomes were announced during the meeting's public‑works segment and recorded in the council roll call.
