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Ogdensburg council approves consent agenda, hires water operator and accepts paving change order
Summary
At its Sept. 13 meeting the Ogdensburg Borough Council approved a multi-item consent agenda that included a refund, a professional appraisal contract, a hire for the borough's water-treatment operator, a recommendation to NJDOT on a Passaic Avenue project, and a change order raising a paving contract by $10,960.05.
Ogdensburg Mayor George P. Hutnick and the borough council on Sept. 13 approved a consent agenda that authorized multiple contracts and payments, including hiring a licensed water-treatment plant operator and accepting a change order that increased a paving contract by $10,960.05.
The council voted on a bundled consent agenda after Councilman Nardini moved and Councilman Nasisi seconded the motion. The roll-call recorded Councilwoman Cowdrick, Councilman Nardini and Councilwoman Slater voting yes and Councilman Nasisi recording an abstention; Alvarez and DeMeo were absent. The consent agenda covered several individually numbered resolutions.
Votes at a glance: • Resolution 59-2021 — Refund for water overpayment: authorized a $198.02 refund for property at 29 Edison Ave payable to Surety Title Services North Region. Outcome: approved as part of the consent agenda. • Resolution 60-2021 — Professional appraisal services: authorized an agreement with Darren Raymond, MAI, of Associated Appraisal Group, Inc. for appraisal services related to added tax assessments; cost not to exceed $1,200. Outcome: approved as part of the consent agenda. • Resolution 61-2021 — Water treatment plant operator contract: awarded to Reliable Restorations Logistics, LLC, to operate the borough’s water treatment and distribution systems through Dec. 31, 2021. The contract not-to-exceed amount is $6,400, with specified hourly rates for additional services. Outcome: approved as part of the consent agenda. • Resolution 62-2021 — Passaic Avenue improvements (State Aid): the council recommended to the New Jersey Department of Transportation that the Passaic Avenue project be awarded to River Paving, Inc., with bids totaling $123,751.20, subject to NJDOT approval. Outcome: recommendation approved for submission to NJDOT. • Resolution 63-2021 — Plant Street Improvement Project change order and final acceptance: amended the Riverview Paving, Inc. contract from $181,269.85 to $192,229.90, an increase of $10,960.05 (6.05%) attributed to as-built quantity and price adjustments. The council accepted the project and authorized final payment conditioned on Riverview providing a maintenance bond and an "Affidavit of No Liens." Outcome: approved as part of the consent agenda.
Mayor Hutnick read the meeting’s legal notice confirming compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act. The meeting record shows the council approved voucher payments in a separate motion later in the agenda and that departmental finance reports were handed in for review.
The approvals consolidate several short-term service contracts and state-aid actions the borough expects to implement in the coming weeks, with the Plant Street project acceptance dependent on post-completion administrative items (maintenance bond and lien affidavit).
