Bids for Dublin Borough’s Supplee Park project come in over budget
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It looks like the Supplee Park project might be more expensive than Dublin Borough Council members anticipated.
At the Feb. 11 council meeting, borough bngineer Thomas warko explained that the low bid for the project exceeded the original estimate by about $48,000.
“It’s definitely not the news we wanted,” said Dublin Borough Council sice President Jeffrey Sharer.
The original budget for Phase I of the project was $274,000, and the lowest bid came in at about $322,000.
warko explained that one of the reasons the bids came in over budget was because the sizing for the storm-water management system was undersized in the original estimate.
“The infiltration beds need to have more volume,” warko said.
In a 4-0 vote, council members voted to reject the bids and rebid the project with a different, reduced scope. Rebidding the project will push the work back about five weeks.
According to warko, the original base bid included bulk grading, erosion and sedimentation control measures, a storm-water management system, a 10-foot-wide walking trail and associated site restoration. Now, the revised scope of work will eliminate a portion of the bulk grading, erosion and sedimentation control measures and restoration in the northerly section of the park.
Also at the Monday night meeting, Dublin Borough police Chief Brian Lehman discussed installing a secure box in the borough office where residents could dispose of medication. Lehman said the box costs $900, but $600 of the funding would come from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and rpper Bucks County Healthy Communities.
“It’s a good service for people to have a place to put their medication instead of flushing it down the toilet or dumping it in the trash,” Lehman said.
The box would be in addition to the medication take-back collection days the borough holds throughout the year.
In other news, Borough Manager William Wert explained to councilmembers that he is working with FbMA and PbMA to secure funds from the Hurricane Sandy relief effort.
According to Wert, the borough can receive funds for equipment, additional borough manhours and usage during Oct. 26 to Nov. 8, 2012. Additionally, fencing repairs and tree removal will be reimbursable through the funds.