Town Board approves $40,000 commitment for Main Street sidewalk design

Supervisor Evera Sue Clary said the board must approve the Federal Aid Local Project Agreement and made the formal call for the board to act on the Main Street sidewalk project.

Douglas Teator of LaBella Associates presented the Federal Aid Local Project Agreement for the Town of Salem, describing the project as "The Project for the Sidewalk Installation and Replacement along Main Street, Town of Salem, P.I.N. #176330 (the 'Project')." The board passed Resolution #56 approving the agreement (Comptroller's Contract No. D041848; PIN 176330) and Resolution #57 authorizing the town to implement and fund, in the first instance, 100% of the federal- and state-aid-eligible costs and to cover the town share. The board recorded that the program apportionment is 80% federal, 15% non-federal and 5% local and that the town will make $40,000 available to cover its participation in the listed phase of the project.

In a separate but related vote the board passed Resolution #58 authorizing Supervisor Clary to execute a consultant agreement with LaBella Associates for preliminary engineering and design services for Salem Pedestrian Connections, PIN 176330, at a cost not to exceed $40,000, contingent on execution of the Federal Aid Local Project Agreement with NYSDOT. Councilman Tom McMorris and Councilman Wyeth Coburn moved and seconded the motions; each vote passed 4-0.

The board noted some sidewalk gaps remain — by New Collar Goods, Bob Hunter's property, and in front of Salem Hardware — and directed Supervisor Clary to pursue additional grant possibilities for the opposite side of Main Street.