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Township approves purchase of backup sewer pump after Cedar Park failure; hires seasonal worker and accepts foreman resignation
Summary
After a main pump failed at the Cedar Park pump station, the board approved buying a replacement pump for $11,140 plus freight, authorized hiring a seasonal public works employee and accepted the Foreman's resignation while retaining him as a CDL employee.
Williams Township supervisors approved the purchase of a replacement sewer pump for the Cedar Park pump station after Public Works Director Michael Strawn reported a failure of the main pump that runs to the sewer plant.
Strawn told the board the township did not have a backup pump and asked permission to purchase a second unit. Vice Chair Raymond Abert moved to approve buying a sewer pump for $11,140 plus freight; Supervisor Michael Bryant seconded the motion and the board voted 3-0 to approve the purchase.
In the same public works report the board approved hiring a seasonal public works employee (motion by Supervisor Michael Bryant, second by Ray Abert), and accepted the resignation of Foreman Donald Hockman from the Foreman position while keeping Hockman employed as a CDL operator. The board recorded the resignation action "with regret." All motions carried 3-0.
The board also approved posting a provided list of surplus items for sale on Municibid, an online auction platform used by municipalities.
Next steps: Public Works will procure the pump and arrange installation; the township did not record a timeline in the minutes for delivery or installation. The minutes do not include a roll-call by name for the votes, only that motions carried 3-0.
