Moorestown Council Approves Change Orders, Sub Grants At Meeting

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Moorestown Council unanimously passed three resolutions during its meeting on Monday, Feb. 5, at town hall.

• three replacement pumps/motors at the Sewer Treatment Plant;
• two replacement pumps/motors at the South Valley Pumping Station; and
• one replacement motor at the South Valley Pumping Station.

Council also approved a $15,155.43 change order for the road resurfacing program. The original amount set aside for Hammonton-based Arawak Paving to perform the work was $1,113,600. Council previously approved one change order in the amount of $19,945 for field conditions and quantity adjustments.

Two more changes were approved last week. The first calls for a $14,288.16 decrease for asphalt price adjustments. The other calls for a $29,443.59 increase for various quantity adjustments. The net total is thus $15,155.43, bringing the total price of the contract up to $1,148,700.43.

It also approved a $60,000 grant sub-award with a match of $272,985 for a total cost of $332,985 for a joint effort between the New Jersey State Department of Law and Public Safety and the township for "additional law enforcement personnel to address crime in a focused community-oriented manner."

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