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Ogdensburg council authorizes $31,000 engineering contract for Plant Street improvements tied to $233,000 NJDOT grant
Summary
The Ogdensburg Mayor and Council approved a non-fair-and-open contract with Van Cleef Engineering Associates for up to $31,000 to provide design and construction administration services for the Plant Street Improvement Project, which has a $233,000 NJDOT Municipal Aid grant.
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ogdensburg on Oct. 16 approved a non-fair-and-open contract with Van Cleef Engineering Associates, LLC for professional engineering design and construction administration services for the Plant Street Improvement Project for a fee not to exceed $31,000. The project has a Municipal Aid grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation of $233,000.
Borough Attorney Robert McBriar told the council that two blanks in the contract preamble needed completion and confirmed the Chief Financial Officer had filed a Certificate of Availability of Funds for $31,000 in Ordinance 12-2019 account #04-215-55-942-022. The resolution approving the contract, adopted as part of the consent agenda, places the Van Cleef proposal, the Business Entity Disclosure Certification and the Determination of Value on file with the municipal clerk.
The resolution states the contract is being awarded as a non-fair-and-open contract under N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.5, and that engineering is treated as a professional service exempt from competitive bidding under N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 et seq. Council members voted to approve the consent agenda by roll call; Councilmembers Alvarez, Nardini, Nasisi and O'Dell voted yes, with Opilla and Slater absent.
The council directed the mayor and borough clerk to execute the contract and asked that an official notice of the action be published as required by law. The resolution also places the contractor's business entity disclosure and price proposal in the record.
Next steps include finalizing the contract language and moving forward with design and construction administration work to prepare the Plant Street project to proceed with NJDOT funding.
