Finance Committee - 4/18/2018 Page 12
Mr. Dookran
Right. So what we listed here are just streets that have to be paved. As you are aware, last year under our
regular annual program, we had a new contractor show up. And he was the low bid, we hadn’t used him
before. We did check references and we got good references, but you know, sometimes things don’t work out.
So this company paved several of our streets, we had two contractors, this other company paved the majority
of the streets, Main Street included and the pavement quality, the top layer turned out to be poor quality and
with that it’s going to be a challenge. We are going to meet with them again this week, at the end of this week,
and to discuss how we go forward. We are expecting to have them repave the street, you know mill out the top
layer and repave it. But it probably won’t go down without a battle.
Alderman Caron
So when are we looking for this paving to start. | know that the weather has been horrible. Are you looking for
a start date for May ending in September or October?
Mr. Dookran
Yes as soon as the contractor can bring his equipment and the weather will hold. Everyone should be aware
that every community in the State as well as the State itself has a lot of paving to do and we don’t have a lot of
contractors, there is just a handful of large contractors so everybody is booked. And they have to be able to
schedule all of these different jobs. Because when they move into town, they bring in a lot of equipment. We
will be meeting with them this week as well and we will be talking about schedule.
Alderman Caron
Thank you.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you. If! could just speak to what Alderman Caron was talking about. For this new bid, what did we do
to vet this individuals or have we worked with them in the past?
Mr. Dookran
This contractor that we are seeking approval for is actually a contractor that is headquartered in Nashua. They
have never done a large paving contract with us. They have done quite a bit of work in Nashua, they have
worked as a subcontractor to other firms and so on but we looked, so far we have looked at a lot of the work
they have done in other places. Quite a number of projects in Massachusetts, $15 million dollar, $18 million
dollar projects so we think they come with a good reputation, good experience, but we will be talking with them
even further before we sign a contract.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Anything else? Thank you very much Mr. Dookran.
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