Finance Committee - 11/20/2019 Page 13
Chairman O’Brien
Because of the way the close proximity of the neighborhood, it is best to collect the trash with the rear loader
so this would fit more for those particular neighborhoods. | know in my neighborhood | have the truck with the
arm which | always enjoy watching. So that’s it.
Mr. Stewart
In the yard waste department it helps in picking up that.
Chairman O’Brien
Oh yes the Yard Waste Department, yes absolutely, picking all of that, that is timely right now. Any further
questions? Seeing none, I'll call the question.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for Greeley Park Boat Ramp (Value: $419,495) Department: 184 Community Development;
Fund: Grant
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GREELEY PARK BOAT RAMP TO NORTHEAST EARTH MECHANICS IN
THE AMOUNT OF $419,495. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 184 COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT; FUND: GRANT
ON THE QUESTION
Chairman O’Brien
Please identify yourself and then we have a question pending.
Nicholas Caggiano, Superintendent of Parks & Recreation
Thank you Mr. Chairman, Nick Caggiano Parks & Rec Superintendent. | am here to award the purchase of the
boat ramp construction to the low bidder who we negotiated with. If you look through you'll see that they came
in at a higher price. We weren't able to fund that so we brought them in and negotiated with them. They
sharpened their pencils and we decided there is a division that we were going to be able to do some of the
work in-house to give us additional savings. We are ready to go.
Alderman Klee
Thank you for doing this and thank you for working with them. This is very important this Greeley Park Boat
Ramp. For those in the audience, who don’t understand; this will be our only boat ramp from | think like
Manchester to Lowell, there’s no other stop in-between. It is going to help increase traffic, it is going to make
that whole area that much better. Being able to use this grant and so on, | really appreciate all the hard work.
Can you give just a quick overview of some of the stuff that we can do in-house versus .... Thank you.
Mr. Caggiano
Sure so after we worked with them, we are going to be organizing the logging operation of approximately 2.8
acres. That might start as soon as late next week. We will be building the roads, we will be building the
detention bases and the drainage parts. We will be putting the gates that will stop vehicle access on the loop
