It was a short meeting in Birmingham Township on Monday evening.
Brian Bonkoski, the current acting president of the RPOS, gave the supervisors a basic idea of how the Recreation, Parks, and Open Space Committee wants to apply for a grant for partial fence replacement at Birmingham Hill. The section is along the Meeting House Road to the end of Birmingham Trail.
“The current fence is more than 30 years old and needs a lot of maintenance,” Bonkoski said.
The grant would be from the Greenway Trails and Recreation Program.
He said they need to get several bids for the project before they can actually apply for the grant, which calls for the township to pay 15 percent of the award. There’s been one tentative bid so far from J&A Fence for a little more than $38,000, which would mean the township would need to put in a little less than $6,000. But more bids are needed. He said they need at least two or three more bids, but need to advertise for them first.
Scott Boorse, the supervisors’ chairman, speaking for the board, said they were in favor of the project and told Bonkoski to spec out the project, then go ahead to advertise for the bids. Bonkoski hopes to have the specs done by the next Board of Supervisors meeting. Boorse said the board could accept a bid, contingent on the RPOS getting the grant.
Other business
- The board accepted a bid of $18,195 from Magic Landscaping for landscaping at Sandy Hollow, Birmingham Hill, and the embankment at the township building along Route 926.
- Supervisors also accepted a bid of $460,841 from MOR Construction for replacing stormwater piping in the Knolls of Birmingham and Birmingham Hunt. MOR was the lowest bidder.
Boorse said this has been several years in the making. He said the township received a grant around the time of the COVID pandemic, but then there were some engineering issues. The township then transferred to another engineering company and is just now getting back to the project.
“We received a total of nine bids,” Boorse said. “It’s an extensive amount of work to be done. This has to do with the replacement of corrugated metal storm sewer piping anywhere from 6 inches to 36 inches.”
There will also be some replacement of manholes and inlets.
He added that there’s also been some deterioration that has led to sinkholes.
