07/10/1978 Board of Public Works Minutes

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185 REGULAR MEETING JULY 10, 1978 Upon motion made by Mr. Mullen, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the report was filed and the acquisitions accepted. BIDS AWARDED AND CHANGE ORDER APPROVED - CHIP AND SEAL RESURFACING AND SCARIFICATION AND PAVING Patrick M. McMahon, Director of Public Works, submitted to the Board a bid tabulation on bids received for Chip and Seal Paving and Scarification and Paving of various streets. Mr. McMahon indicated that Walsh and Kelly, Inc. was low bidder on both projects, submitting the following bids: CD -78 -1 - Chip and Seal Surfacing - $33,546.00 CD -78 -2 - Scarification and Paving $306,432.00 He noted that the Engineer's Estimate of the square yardage involved in the Chip and Seal contract was in error. The correct estimated square yardage should be 47,000 square yards. Based on this finding, a change order to Contract CD -78 -1 was prepared. The Change Order deletes 26,000 square yards, in the amount of $9,100.00. Also deleted by the Change Order was the sweeping of the cover aggregate, deleting an additional amount of $2,854.30. Mr. McMahon recommended that the Board approve a change order decreasing the Chip and Seal Contract by $11,954.30, making that award in the amount of $24,464,00, and award the Scarification and Paving contract in the amount of $306,432.00. Upon motion made by Mr. Mullen, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board approve the change order and awarded the contracts as recommended. FILING OF QUARTERLY REPORT AND RELEASE OF FUNDS - R.E.A.L. SERVICES CRIME COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM John Cimino, Director of the Criminal Justice Planning Bureau, submitted to the Board the report of six month's services provided by R.E.A.L. Services Crime Counseling for the Elderly and a request to release the second quarter funding for the project in the amount of $3,394.44. Present with Mr. Cimino were Lester Fox, Director of R.E.A.L. Services, and Rosemary Bonadies, who has served as Assistant Crime Victim Counsellor during the recovery of Margaret Williams, who recently underwent surgery. The report submitted indicated 861 cases referred to R.E.A.L. Services in the six month period, involving cases of burglary, larceny, robbery, assaults, vandalism, traffic violations, suicide attempts, alcohol - related assistance, lost property, deaths and public accidents. Upon motion made by Mr. Mullen, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the report was ordered filed and release of the second quarter funding was approved. REQUEST FOR FOUR -WAY STOP SIGN AT PULASKI AND HURON STREETS Councilman Walter Szymkowiak was present and submitted a letter requesting the installation of four -way stop signs at Pulaski and Huron Streets. He presented to the Board a letter from Delphine Levesque regarding an accident which occurred recently at the intersection. Mr. Szymkowiak said stop signs would slow traffic and help prevent accidents. Upon motion made by Mr. Mullen, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board referred the request to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department for review and a response for next Monday's meeting.