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North East reviews water-infrastructure projects and approves $169,500 in local appropriations
Summary
Town officials reviewed a Westover Place water-main replacement bid, noted water-quality compliance and the Finished Water Pump Station's standing with the state, and approved a $159,500 ARPA requisition and a $40,000 MDOT grant with a $10,000 ARPA match.
Town officials on Sept. 11 discussed multiple water-infrastructure items and approved two funding actions related to water treatment and active grants.
Town Administrator Melissa Cook-MacKenzie told the board that the water system is back in compliance for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) after a slight exceedance reported in May, and that the Finished Water Pump Station Project is in good standing with the Maryland Department of the Environment. "The existing water main has been in the ground since the mid-1970's and is in desperate need of replacement," Cook-MacKenzie said while presenting the bid tabulation for the Westover Place water-main and service-line replacement project.
She told the board that repairs to the existing main have averaged about $30,000 per year over the last three years. Of three bids received, two were close in price; because the County owns the roads, a County Roads Department representative will be invited to the pre-construction meeting, and residents in the neighborhood will be invited to a pre-construction information meeting when notice to proceed is issued. The board was told the award of the Westover Place contract would be on the Sept. 25 agenda.
The board approved Requisition R5-00398 to Water Services Professionals of PA, Inc., for $159,500 from ARPA to rehabilitate one up-flow buoyant-media clarifier at a water-treatment facility, with the condition that the vendor provide proof of a Maryland license prior to payment. Commissioner Hilary Crothers-Moore moved the requisition approval; Commissioner Kimberly Davis seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Separately, the board approved Budget Amendment 2025-002 to accept a $40,000 grant from the Maryland Department of Transportation's Connecting Bikepaths Grant Program and to allocate $10,000 from ARPA as the required local match. Commissioner Catherine Bernard-Dutton made the motion, Commissioner Davis seconded, and the vote was unanimous.
Assistant Town Administrator Grant Handley reported that phase two advertising is underway for the Legacy Brick Project, that the North East Community Park volleyball area will be installed next week, and that the Lums Road project is stalled due to a scope change. Advertising for a Powder Activated Carbon project at both the Leslie and Rolling Mill water-treatment plants has also begun, the board was told.
The board took no public comment on these items. The meeting adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
