County approves $3M paving contract
NORRISTOWN » Montgomery County Commissioners allocated more than $3 million Thursday, designated for paving Montgomery County roads for the next year.
The roughly $3,158,126 contract with Allan Myers LP, of Worcester Township, covered the “scheduled removal and replacement of roadway pavement” of county-owned roads over the 2022-23 session.
A request for proposals previously advertised online netted 19 views and two responses from businesses. The Worcester Township-based company was endorsed by the county Department of Assets and Infrastructure’s roads and bridges division.
The $3.1 million contract was one of more than a dozen others unanimously approved by county commissioners during Thursday’s board meeting. The agreements spanned several departments including Assets and Infrastructure, Health and Human Services, Public Safety, and Purchasing, totaling more than $4.4 million.
A roughly $383,599 agreement with Corbett Inc., of Norristown, covered furniture for the second-floor offices of the county’s human services center in Norristown. A contract from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s cooperative purchasing program was used in this endeavor.
A $179,574 agreement with Whitmoyer Ford, of Mount Joy, permitted the county Department of Assets and Infrastructure to acquire six 2022 Ford Maverick pickup trucks, which were obtained through a PA Costars contract.
A $145,000 one-year agreement with Staples Contract and Commercial Inc., of Framingham, Massachusetts, procured office supplies through the use of a Sourcewell cooperative contract.
In other business, commissioners’ Chairwoman Val Arkoosh highlighted a few upcoming community events and initiatives such as Korea in Philly, an event taking place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 30 at Montgomery County Community College’s Blue Bell campus.
The Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the event, located at 340 Dekalb Pike, in Blue Bell, according to Arkoosh. Attendees can enjoy a number of activities including games, arts and crafts, musical performances, and a fashion show. To register and learn more, visit www.koreainphilly.com.
Ahead of the locally and nationally recognized holiday of Juneteenth, June 19, students can take part in the 2022 Art and Prose of Freedom Contest. Contestants are asked to “define or redefine freedom in 2022.”
Juneteenth was adopted as a county holiday in 2020, according to Arkoosh, who added that it was enacted as a national holiday last year.
The historic day marked the end of slavery, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, according to the National Registry of Juneteenth Organizations and Supporters. Union Major General Gordon Granger and his soldiers reached Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 informing those there that the “war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.”
Eligibility includes students from public, private, parochial, and home-school environments, according to Arkoosh. Submissions are due by 11:59 p.m. on May 27. Contest selections will be announced during the county commissioner’s June 16 board meeting, according to Arkoosh, and first place winners will receive a $100 gift card.
“We’re looking for students across Montgomery County to submit art, prose, anything that speaks to you about the idea of freedom, and how that connects to June 19,” Arkoosh said.
For more information about the contest, visit www.montcopa.org/juneteenth.
Additionally, Thursday’s meeting featured presentations identifying April as Child Abuse Prevention and National Volunteer Appreciation months.
The next Montgomery County Board of Commissioners meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. on May 5 on the eighth floor of One Montgomery Plaza, located at 425 Swede St. Those interested in attending the meeting can also do so virtually. For more information, visit montcopa.org.