Capital improves, purchases
PETERSBURG — Upper Township Committee introduced a $3.7 million bond ordinance June 24 for capital improvements and the purchase of equipment.
Work scheduled to be undertaken with the funding includes projects and purchases for the Department of Public Works, recreation facilities, Township Hall, Office of Emergency Management and engineering.
Township Administrator Gary DeMarzo presented a breakdown of anticipated costs, noting that the bond makes funds available but the township does not have to spend the entire amount.
The bond makes $425,000 available for an automated trash truck, $315,000 for an automated leaf truck, $285,000 for a dump truck with a snow plow and salt spreader, $135,000 for a backhoe, $120,000 for a skid steer, $40,000 for a tractor roadside and swale mower and $30,000 for a 72-inch cut mower. That’s a total of $1.35 million for public works.
Recreation facilities will also get an upgrade. The bond appropriates $450,000 for athletic field resurfacing at Amanda’s Field and Caldwell Park and replacement of fencing, striping and nets. It also makes $175,000 available for skate park improvements.
Improvements at township buildings are also funded, with $150,000 earmarked for a new roof on the Tuckahoe Train Station, $120,000 for the Department of Public Works building, $80,000 to replace the HVAC system at the senior center on Stagecoach Road and another $55,000 for the HVAC at Township Hall, $50,000 for an AV system in the courtroom and $20,000 for a storage shed.
The Office of Emergency Management will get $55,000 for mobile APX radios and $45,000 for repeater replacement.
The bond makes $430,000 available to the Engineering Department, $380,000 for reconstruction of Putnam Avenue and drainage improvements in Strathmere and $50,000 for reinforcement of the cellular tower.
Funds are also available for the township EMS to purchase three power load stretchers ($220,000) and an ambulance ($430,000).
Another $20,000 is earmarked for beach mats.
– By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff