Select Board
Select Board: December 21, 2022
A special session of the Marblehead Select Board was convened with a chair pro tem appointed due to the regular chair's absence. The board voted unanimously to amend the crossing improvement contract with Richard F. D'Ambrosia Inc. of Weymouth by $52,593.50 and extend it through December 30, 2022. Funding comes from the Complete Streets grant ($25,048) and the town drainage account, with the additional work covering an unexpected underground duct, rapid flashing beacons, and concrete median island modifications. No public comment was received.
Board approves $52,593 amendment to rail trail crossing contract funded by Complete Streets grant
Unexpected drainage work, rapid flashing beacons, and median island changes drove the contract increase, which must be executed before the grant expires December 30.
The board was convened on short notice to act before the Complete Streets grant deadline of December 30, 2022. The original contract with Richard F. D’Ambrosia Inc. of Weymouth came in at approximately $368,000 against a grant of $393,000. A contract amendment of $52,593.50 was required for three items:
- An unforeseen underground duct that necessitated rerouting drainage
- Rapid flashing beacons purchased by the contractor to expedite delivery
- Modifications to concrete median islands (originally a deduct alternate)
Of the amendment total, $25,048 is covered by the Complete Streets grant and the remainder by the town drainage account. The contract was also extended through December 30, 2022; the contractor anticipated completing the work the following day. Affected locations include Smith Street, Pleasant Street, Mohawk Street, and Westshore Drive near the Tower School rail trail crossings.
Town Administrator (or DPW representative, unnamed) · John (unidentified board or staff member)
Also on the agenda
Becker appointed Chair Pro Tem for special session
With the regular chair absent, the board conducted a roll-call vote to seat a temporary chair.
At the opening of the special session, a motion was made and seconded to nominate Becker as Chair Pro Tem. A roll-call vote was taken; Noonan, Knight, and Becker all voted in favor.
No public comment received at special session
The chair pro tem opened the floor for public comment; no members of the public were present or wished to speak.
Following the vote, the chair pro tem invited public comment. No public participants came forward and the agenda item was closed without comment.
Board votes to adjourn special session
A motion to adjourn passed unanimously by roll call.
A motion to adjourn was made, seconded, and approved unanimously by roll-call vote of Noonan, Knight, and Becker.
Tonight's record
2 decisions ▾
- Appointed Becker as Chair Pro Tem
- Approved contract amendment with Richard F. D'Ambrosia Inc. increasing amount by $52,593.50 and extending deadline to December 30, 2022
3 votes ▾
- in favor (unanimous) Appoint Becker as Chair Pro Tem
- in favor (unanimous) Amend crossing improvement contract with Richard F. D'Ambrosia Inc. by $52,593.50, extending to December 30, 2022
- in favor (unanimous) Adjourn
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0:00 Available. So the first order we must do is a point a a chair Pro tem. So I entertain a motion for nomination for chair Pro Tem. Like denominate misspell Becker. Okay dessert second. Okay, any other nominations here and none all those in favor? I think we need roll call right? Yes me roll call so so all of the Miss Noonan. In favor, yeah. I miss Nine Mr. Knight in favor. This bill Becker your favorite sweaters. It’s I know it’s such an honor. Thank you.
0:47 So we are here for one vote.
0:52 And I think I’m going to call you up now for background information before we take the vote, please and you turn on your speaker. Good. Thank you so much for meeting on short notice. But this is this is related to a grant and it ends on December 30th. So it needed to be done sooner than later. So we got a Grant for complete streets to do the rail trail Crossings and the bid came in and 368 some odd thousand and we got 393 so some of this overage we have an amendment for additional work that
1:38 was unforeseen or needed to be done and I’ll explain that the 25. Oh four eight brings us to the total Grant amount that we have and the rest of its coming from drainage the drain account and Amy McHugh because the some of it was related to improving the drainage we encountered a We encountered a duct underneath that was not known and so the drainage had to be put around. So this is for that work in addition the rapid flashing beacons. We had the contractor by those rather than us by them separately because they could get them quicker. So that’s in here as well. And then we made a modification to the concrete median Islands,
2:25 which was actually a deduct alternate, but the total came to 52,59350 and 25,048 is coming from the complete streets Grant and the remainder is coming from drainage. We also extended the work until December 30th. They think they’ll be done tomorrow. Is this around the tower school? Is this that part of that? It is the the project was the three Smith Street. This also includes a little adjustment at Smith Street in order to get the Ada ramp. They had to come back about nine feet. So Smith Street, Wasn’t pleasant and Mohawk and Westshore? Yeah, okay.
3:11 Thank you. any questions
3:16 No questions. No. Okay. So do you have anything you want to say? Okay, so we need a motion to a man to the crossing improvement contract between the town of Marblehead and Richard F d’ambrosia Inc of Weymouth, Mass by increasing 52,593.50 an extending until December 30th, 2022 and authorize the chair Pro tem to sign on behalf of the board. So moved.
3:55 She’s Frozen. Sorry. Yes second. I just wanted to ask a question for discussion. John is this. So is this the coming this is still part of the complete streets grant money. Yes, okay. All right. Thanks.
4:13 So we have a motion and a second second. Yeah, okay. Okay. So roll call Mr. Nine in favor is Noonan in favor? Miss belt Becker in favor. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thanks. And we do have public comment. On the agenda. Is there any is there any public to comment?
4:46 I don’t see any interest. Okay, thank you. So do I have a motion to adjourn somote?
4:54 Okay second.
4:57 Okay lip reading. Yeah, yeah. Miss Noonan in favor tonight in favor this belt back in favor. Thank you and everybody Aaron have a wonderful holidays. Yes YouTube everybody there. Thank you, very health.