By Peter Elacqua
Staff Writer
MARLBORO – The Township Council has awarded contracts for improvements throughout the community.
The council awarded a contract to Jads Construction, South River, for the 2016 drainage and road improvement programs. Jads Construction had a base bid of $1,273,500 with four bids for additional items A through D. The firm submitted the lowest of eight bids.
The initial bid covers improvements to Bridle Way, Saddle Ridge and Horseshoe Road at Paddock Club North, Mostel Court, Pollack Drive, Richardson Court, Sullivan Court, Wyett Lane and Rodin Drive at Country Estates, Lawton Road, Palmer Court, Quincy Street and Ridgewood Court at Monmouth Heights, East Francis Avenue at Marlin Estates and Hillside Terrace and McCue Road.
Drainage issues will be addressed at Beacon Hill Road and Nolan Road. Pothole repairs will be made at Pleasant Valley Road and Boundary Road and traffic striping will take place on Buckley Road at the Henry Hudson Trail, according to municipal officials.
Alternate bid A was for $188,196 and would cover Hillside Avenue, Prescott Drive, Fairview Road and River Drive. Alternate bid B was for $58,149 and would cover Clayton Lane. Alternate bid C was for $58,067 and would cover Church Lane. Alternate bid D was for $84,703 and would cover Brushneck Road and School Road East.
A contract was awarded to Central Jersey Waste and Recycling Inc., Ewing, to provide single stream recycling collection and disposal services for Marlboro.
Single stream recycling is a system in which all recyclable materials, including newspaper, cardboard, plastic, aluminum, junk mail, etc., are placed in a single bin or cart for recycling, according to the website of the Container Recycling Institute.
Central Jersey Waste and Recycling bid $440,998 for one year of single stream recycling and $570,450 for one year of dual stream recycling.
Generally, dual stream recycling requires customers to pre-sort recyclable commingled items (i.e., glass, plastic and aluminum) separately from papers (newspaper, magazines, office paper, etc.), according to the website of Casella Resource Solutions.
Central Jersey Waste and Recycling’s bids were both the lowest of three bids. The contract includes the option to extend the agreement for up to four additional one-year periods, according to municipal officials.
If Marlboro officials choose to renew the single stream recycling contract for four years, it will cost $449,366 for the first extension, $457,904 for the second extension, $466,605 for the third extension and $475,470 for the final extension, for a total cost of $2.29 million.
This was the third round of bids accepted by the township for the recycling collection and disposal services.
A contract was awarded to P.M. Construction Corp., Hillside, for the replacement of the headwall at Taylor Road. The location sustained damage to the storm drainage infrastructure during superstorm Sandy in 2012.
P.M. Construction’s bid of $314,030 was the lowest of nine bids for the project.
And, a contract was awarded to Spartan Construction Inc., South Amboy, for masonry repairs, repointing and waterproofing at the municipal building in order to fix leaks in the area of the tax assessor’s office.
The $36,777 bid from Spartan Construction was the second lowest of six bids. Officials said the lowest bidder did not provide a required contractor certification of qualifications and credentials affidavit and was disqualified.
The contracts were approved in a 4-0 vote. Council President Carol Mazzola and council members Jeff Cantor, Scott Metzger and Michael Scalea voted yes. Council Vice President Randi Marder was absent from the meeting.
In other business, the council adopted two ordinances.
One ordinance amends the municipal code to authorize certified animal control officers to take certain actions while investigating animal cruelty cases.
The ordinance states that “the governing body may authorize the certified animal control officer to investigate and sign complaints, arrest violators and otherwise act as an officer for detention, apprehension and arrest of offenders against the animal control, animal welfare and animal cruelty laws of the State and ordinances of the municipality, if the officer has completed the training required pursuant to ….”.
The ordinance was adopted with a 4-0 vote.
The second ordinance accepted and appropriated a $125,485 Community Development Block Grant from the the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders for road improvements at the Greenbriar adult community off Robertsville Road. The ordinance was adopted with a 4-0 vote.
In other business, the council authorized the second year of a contract the municipality has with Lucas Construction Group, Morganville, for equipment rental and operating services. The township will make rentals in support of the 2016 road program, fall leaf and brush collections and 2016-17 snow removal operations.
