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West Haven ARPA committee approves invoices for parks, drainage, fire station and animal shelter projects
Summary
On July 7 the West Haven ARPA Committee approved a broad slate of vendor invoices and project estimates — including playground mulch, Veterans Memorial closeout, culvert work, floodgates, fire-station security upgrades, and animal shelter payments — and scheduled a finance reconciliation meeting to address a $230,000 tracker discrepancy.
The West Haven ARPA Committee on July 7 approved a series of vendor invoices and project estimates covering playgrounds, fencing, drainage, flood-control work, fire-station renovations and animal shelter construction.
Chair led the packet review and said the committee will meet with finance Thursday at 10 a.m. to reconcile a roughly $230,000 difference between the committee tracker and finance’s records. Chair noted that differences stem from encumbrances showing in finance’s tracker but not in the committee packet.
The committee approved a Carmody invoice for $14,005.60 for audit preparations and authorized final payments to Milestone Construction to close out the Veterans Memorial granite work. It approved playground mulch work (IRY League, $11,135), a playscape invoice ($1,850), and a Frank's Fence estimate for roughly $21,442 for city park fencing.
Work on culverts and drainage — including an item for Saruli ($2,640) and invoices for LaTex for pipe replacement and new culverts — was approved; the chair said the city used its own crews for ARPA-funded culvert work and the committee approved reimbursing payroll costs of $43,007.88 tied to that effort. Members raised traffic-impact concerns where automatic flood gates closed during a recent storm, and the chair explained those gates are designed to close automatically at known low points.
A previously questioned invoice from Innovative Mosquito Management for floodgates was rescinded and then reintroduced; after clarifying itemization the committee approved payment (final motion recorded as $14,950). The committee approved Leyden ($13,809.70), VanCor IT data-drop work ($15,978.79 as a sole-source estimate under the bidding threshold), and an OmniData Security contract for door controls and cameras for the fire station to restrict access to inner offices. Utility Communications' PA/speaker work for the renovated station ($3,148.50) and Grove Park police camera work were also approved; members confirmed Grove Park cameras are not automated 'Flock' enforcement cameras.
The committee received an animal shelter update — the chair said groundbreaking is expected in the coming days and completion is scheduled for Oct. 1 — and approved associated progress payments and invoices, including a progress payment to Antonacci and routine cleaning and rent items (Campbell Commons quarterly rent $12,000). Nearly every item in the packet was approved on motion and voice vote.
The meeting concluded after new business and a motion to adjourn.
