Girard Park improvements moving forward
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL - The old fencing is piled in a corner of the former basketball courts at Shenandoah's Girard Park on July 20, 2020.
SHENANDOAH – Improvements are coming to Shenandoah’s Girard Park, as borough council awarded phase one of the project to a Fleetville company Monday evening.
According to Tony Sajone, borough manager, phase one will include the reconfiguration of the basketball courts from an east-west orientation to a north-south orientation, as well as the installation of fencing and an ADA-compliant path.
Borough workers have already begun removing the old fencing basketball hoops.
“All the work that [the borough workers] did, that’s considered in-kind income, and we can use that, instead of putting money out of our pocket, we can use that as the money that we have to match for a grant,” Sajone said. “So it’s not really going to cost us anything besides their regular salaries.”
Two bids were received for phase one, and the project was awarded to Chilewski Enterprises at a cost of $201,828.50, including work included in an alternate bid. Chilewski is the contractor behind the Kaier Park project in Mahanoy City.
Sajone said the project will be funded via a combination of grants and Community Development Block Grant funds.
Regarding when the contractor will start work, Sajone said the hope is as soon as possible.
Phase two of the project will include the construction and installation of new playground equipment and play areas.
In other business, borough council approved Alfred Benesch and Co. to move forward with the 2020 streets program. Sajone said that the projects are expected to go out for bid at the next council meeting, and that the primary project will be a repave of the unit block of South White Street.
In addition to White Street, Sajone said that the secondary project is a repave of Coal Street from Walnut to Stadium Road, as well as additional patching around town.
The streets projects will be paid for through the borough’s liquid fuels fund.
In other business, council approved a request for the Columbia and Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Companies to sell beer at their upcoming events, as well as a pair of agreements with the Pennsylvania Economy League and Municipal Advisors Solutions, LLC.
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