South Union open bids for street-paving program
A number of South Union Township residents can expect newly paved roadways this summer. The supervisors, at a special meeting Friday, opened bids for the summer street-paving program and awarded the contract for the materials and work to A.C. Moyer Co. of Lemont Furnace. They received five bids, with A.C. Moyer Co.’s being the lowest at $188,719.94.
On the list of roadways to be paved are portions of Joanne, Spring and Buttermilk lanes; Gentile, Lydia, Patty, Sunrise and Kendall drives; Connor, Judith, Locust, Melinda, Mulberry, Gaddis and Leona streets; Dawson and Walnut avenues; Farm, Heritage Hills, Hound Dog and Redstone Furnace roads; alleys off Frankhoover and Brownfield streets; First Street in Leith; Chatham Circle; Marie, Boyd and Brownfield alleys; Leiber Manor; and the Hopwood Social Hall parking lot.
The supervisors also awarded purchase contracts on a few items for which they opened bids earlier this month and tabled.
The largest purchase was of two new 2004-model four-wheel-drive cab and chassis trucks from Hunter Truck Sales and Service Inc. of Smithfield at $67,974.20, each for a total purchase of $135,948.40.
For those trucks, the supervisors voted in favor of purchasing two 12-foot salt/cinder spreaders and two 10-foot tapered plows and hitches. The spreaders totaled $37,300 for both from Walsh Equipment Inc. of Prospect. The plows and hitches totaled $26,080, again from Walsh Equipment.
The supervisors voted in favor of buying a 2004 tandem dump truck with a 15-foot aluminum bed from Hunter Truck Sales and Service Inc. for $87,257.42. They also voted to purchase a wheel loader from Beckwith Machinery Co. of Murrysville for $83,049, with an added $2,400 for a ride control option. They agreed on a separate vote to purchase air-conditioning for the wheel loader at $2,400.
Chairman Robert Schiffbauer said the township stands to win a state grant to pay a portion of the tandem dump truck and wheel loader costs. He said the items will be used primarily for the composting facility and he inquired about grant opportunities from a program of the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Schiffbauer said the township can apply this month for the grant that could cover as much as 95 percent of the cost.
Also, they agreed to purchase a quantity of stockpile patch, top and binder material for the roadways from Golden Eagle Construction Co. in Uniontown at a cost of $17,500. They voted to purchase a quantity of stone from Laurel Aggregates Inc. of Gans for $24,360.