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Construction of Sidewalk Project Awarded
October 23, 2024: At the 23 October 2024 #NewtownPA Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, Dominic Cundari - Township Engineer - noted that NJS Concrete - the LOW BID Contractor - submitted their bid for the Base Bid work in the amount of $488,880.00. The BOS was asked to approve rewarding of the contract to NJS Concrete. Supervisor Mack, however, asked if since the grant award is significantly higher than the bid amount, whether the township could implement a CHANGE ORDER to include replacing the asphalt path along Newtown-Yardley Road from Terry Drive/Washington Ave to S. Elm Ave in the Borough with a sidewalk? This is something residents of Newtown Walk have requested in comments made to the BOS on numerous occasions. A lively discussion followed including comments from Newtown Walk resident Charles Feuer in favor of Mr. Mack's suggestion (view video clip below).
At the request of the Solicitor and Board Chair, Mr. Cundari said "I I think to what what Mr solicitor is saying we can certainly look into it. It's not a given that they [PennDOT] will allow us to use these funds for work that's not in the scope of the grant."
Scary Proposed 2025 Budget "Hung"
27 October 2024: Just in time for Halloween, the “scary” proposed 2025 #NewtownPA budget has been “hung” (i.e., advertised in the Bucks County Courier Times).
The budget must be advertised for 20 days before the Board of Supervisors (BOS) can take further action on it. The next meeting of the BOS is 13 November 2024.
It can still be changed – e.g., by adding a 2 or more mills tax increase for fire services – but in that case, the new version would need to be re-advertised for 10 days.
What makes it scary is the “budgetary maneuvering” of fund transfers, the terrible formatting, which makes it difficult to read and compare with previous budgets, and the salary increases ranging up to 25%!
Listen to the comments made at the 23 October 2024 BOS meeting by Newtown Resident Frank McCarron:
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