South Connellsville awards paving contract
SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE – Summer may be over, but the borough’s paving project is just about to get started after council hired a Lemont Furnace contractor Monday as the lone bidder to complete the project. Council awarded the contract to A.C. Moyer Co. at a cost of $19,422 for 322 ton of material.
Moyer agreed to complete the paving before October 15 in addition to stipulating the contract was contingent on the borough notifying residents that would be affected since it has to utilize the nearby alleys for equipment purposes.
A separate bid of $3,800 for base repairs to Sixth Street was also accepted, but contingent upon a price change since the borough’s street department already completed a portion of the work on the 100-foot section involved.
Moyer didn’t submit a bid for tarring and chipping while council last month agreed to advertise for the paving bids separately since they didn’t receive bids for either project.
Those streets that are scheduled to undergo repairs include East Gibson Avenue, Oak Street and Wood Street, while the tarring and chipping would include Gallentine Alley and part of Casparis Road, starting at Fourth Street.
The project will be paid for with liquid fuels funding.
In a separate matter, council debated over a school bus that is being parked in an alley behind Fourth Street.
Don Clark, street committee chairman, brought the matter to council’s attention after receiving a complaint from Carl Schroyer, the borough’s former street department foreman.
Schroyer alleged that he is unable drive his tractors through the alley to access his property because the bus was blocking it even though he put a barricade on the upper section by his residence.
Lonnie Casini, councilwoman, referred to the minutes from March that stated council approved the parking situation with the agreement that the driver of the bus purchase gravel to avoid making ruts.
Clark, however, said he thought the motion included having the bus driver park on a paved area by accessing the alley.
After a lengthy debate over the issue, Mark Ward, council president, said he didn’t see a problem with the issue and directed council to contend with other business from a lack of a motion for any different action.
Council also conducted the following business:
– Hired Patrick Ruff of Connellsville Township as a part-time police officer.
– Heard from Clark about complaints he received regarding water problems along Sullivan Alley and the flooding of a resident’s basement between Second and Third streets.
– Learned from Casini that the borough will be posting numerous signs in the playground alerting residents that pets are not permitted in the area because of problems with dog feces. Casini added that residents caught walking their pets would be cited.
– Agreed to advertise for bids for the borough’s garbage collection to be accepted until Oct. 10 at 3 p.m.
– Agreed to cancel the September meeting.
– Appointed Wendell Fisher to fill a vacancy on the municipal authority.
– Learned fall cleanup will be held Oct. 5.