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Joint paving program bids discussed by Boardman trustees
By ROBERT CONNELLY
BOARDMAN
Trustees sent five bids on the joint paving program with Canfield and Austintown townships to a consultant to review before deciding on a contract.
Chairman Tom Costello said the apparent low bid was $1,592,053 from Shelly and Sands. “I say apparent because we won’t award the contract until July 3,” at the next township meeting, Costello said.
He added the five bids were between about $1.6 million and $1.8 million and were discussed at Monday night’s trustee meeting, which took place at Calvary Baptist Church.
Larry Wilson, township road superintendent, said the overall project is 19.13 miles set to be paved in the three townships. That breaks down to 9.63 miles in Austintown, 7.97 in Boardman, and 1.53 miles in Canfield Township.
The streets that will be paved are listed on the township website, boardmantwp.com.
The bids now go to MS Consultants to review before selecting a company.
In other business, trustees authorized the use of $18,095 out of the police fund for the installation of lights and other accessories standard for a new police vehicle.
The township again used MS Consultants for several bids they received to replace the heating and cooling system at the police department because the township is “replacing the original system and ...the costs varied a great deal,” Costello said.
Trustees elected to move forward with Western Reserve Mechanical of Niles and its bid was $168,641. Those funds are coming out of the general fund, Costello said.
Trustees also approved putting two renewal levies on November’s ballot for Boardman voters. These are a 2.5-mill general-fund levy renewal and a 0.3-mill road and bridge levy renewal. “Those are both renewals; no new money,” Costello said.
The general-fund levy has been in place since 1995 and raises about $107,000 a year and costs the homeowner of a $100,000 home $3.50 a year. The road and bridge levy has been in place since 1976 and raises $1.8 million annually and costs the owner of a $100,000 home $61 a year. Both are on the ballot at five-year intervals.