Last month the Falls Township Board of Supervisors approved change requests from the contractors working on the new municipal building project.
The companies, Rycon and Grace, involved with the renovation project for the Falls Municipal Building asked for consideration of a change order for each company. The board approved the request for both. Rycon, the general contractor for the building renovations, asked for a change order totaling close to $295,000 for costs associated with unexpected circumstances with building construction. Grace, the construction management company, asking for the total projected increase close to $235,000 for costs also associated with unexpected circumstances with building construction.
The project was awarded in July to Rycon Construction in the amount of $19,230,000; and award the plumbing construction contract to Myco Mechanical, Inc., in the amount of $2,343,000
Work at the site is supposed to last until approximately October 2024, officials have said.
In other related Board news a contract was awarded for work on the Vermillion Hills footbridge on Vermont Lane to ABC Construction pending a favorable outcome of the responsible contractor review period. ABC Construction bid $72,500 and Township engineer Joseph Jones said the bid was “well below the budget” of $225,000 that had been earmarked for the project.
The Supervisors also amended an ordinance related to tree protection standards to add a fee in lieu of tree replacement. Township attorney Lauren Gallagher said the ordinance is not related to residential removal and planting of shade trees, adding that the ordinance is “pretty standard.” Wherever tree removal has occurred or is planned, related documentation must be forwarded to the township’s Shade Tree Commission, as well as the township engineer for review and recommendation.
Advertisement of an ordinance related to parking was authorized by the Supervisors. Gallagher said the various proposed changes to the ordinance were requested by the police department and would remove several restrictions that police said are no longer needed.
The proposed changes included allowing vehicles to park on Vermillion Way from Trenton Road to Vermont Lane. If adopted, the ordinance would remove the permit parking only during school hours restriction to the following areas: (1) Barberry Lane from Black Pine Lane to Buttonwood Lane; (2) 88 Buttonwood Drive; (3) Bluespruce Lane from Birch Drive to and including No. 82; (4) Bluespruce Lane from No. 101 to and including No. 69; (5) Briaroot Lane from Birch Drive to and including No. 80; (6) Briaroot Lane from Birch Drive to and including No. 75; (7) Black Pine Lane from Upper Birch Drive to and including No. 42; (8) Black Pine Lane from Upper Birch Drive to and including No. 37; and (9) Upper Bird Drive from Black Pine Lane to the township line, said township officials.