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Boonsboro council approves $35,132.14 change order for dewatering press; appoints alternate to water board and donates $100
Summary
Council approved Change Order #2 for the sludge dewatering press totaling $35,132.14, reallocating funds to cover the cost and noting the press has already reduced hauling needs; the council also appointed an alternate to the Boonsboro Keedysville Water Advisory Board and approved a $100 donation to Micah’s Backpack.
At its Aug. 12 regular meeting, the Boonsboro Mayor and Council approved Change Order #2 for the sludge dewatering press from HRI, Inc., totaling $35,132.14.
Town Planner Drew Bowen summarized the items covered by the change order — rerouting a utility water line, adding snow clips to a pole-barn building, the sludge truck connection, a sludge-pump check valve and changes to a micro-bioretention area. Utilities Superintendent Pete Shumaker reported the press has already processed roughly 30–35 truck loads of sludge that otherwise would have been hauled off-site. Assistant Mayor Tony Nally said the press will save the town an estimated $140,000 in hauling costs; he noted Change Order costs are unbudgeted and that funds would be taken from the Sewer Funds loan payment budget and moved to the General Fund to cover the expense. The motion to approve Change Order #2 (motion by Assistant Mayor Nally; second by Council Member Eric Kitchen) carried.
The council also approved Mayor Howard Long’s appointment of BMUC Chairman Colin Shanaberger as an alternate member of the Boonsboro Keedysville Water Advisory Board (motion by Assistant Mayor Nally; second by Council Member Kitchen) and voted to donate $100 to the 9th Annual South County Golf Tournament benefitting Micah’s Backpack (motion by Council Member Terri Hollingshead; second by Council Member Marilee Kerns). All motions carried.
The council moved into executive session later in the evening for consultation on pending or potential litigation and personnel matters and adjourned after the executive session.
