May 4, 2015 2 min read

CARMICHAELS – Cumberland Township supervisors tabled action Monday on awarding a contract to pave streets in the township’s section of Rices Landing after bids came in higher than expected.

The supervisors received three bids for the project, which involves paving several streets in the township near where it borders Rices Landing, including Sidney Avenue and Young, Walters, Walton, Frick and Breeze streets.

The supervisors agreed to table action for two weeks to give them time to review the matter with the township’s solicitor and engineer. The supervisors later voted to continue Monday’s meeting until 4 p.m. May 18.

The three bids the township received were submitted by Morgan Excavating, $84,359.80; Victor Paving, $88,622.80; and El Grande Contracting, $93,414.

The supervisors also awarded a contract for road oil to the Suit-Kote Corp., which presented a low bid of $1.97 a gallon.

They received two bids for asphalt but tabled action until they could receive information on the distances the township would have to travel to pick up asphalt at each company’s asphalt plant.

As part of the summer maintenance schedule, the supervisors approved a motion for the supervisors and township road crews to begin working from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. four days a week, instead of the normal five-day-a-week schedule.

The supervisors voted to hire Jeffrey Blaker and Tyler Cole for part-time summer help at $10 an hour without benefits; and Robert Schiffbauer for part-time summer help at $12 an hour with no benefits.

Marcia Sonneborn, the township’s grant coordinator, announced the supervisors last month approved a resolution recognizing Fair Housing Month.

She noted the township has a fair housing officer, supervisor William Groves. Residents who feel discriminated against in housing matters based on race, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity should contact Groves, she said.