Sep 15, 2015 2 min read

CARMICHAELS – Cumberland Township is making changes to its fall road-paving plan and also saved money on a recently-completed summer project that will allow officials to spend the extra money repairing other roads.

Township supervisors during their Monday meeting accepted two “change orders” that saved more than $22,000.

Morgan Excavating spent $8,040 less than its initial $84,378 bid to pave various roads this summer in Rices Landing.

The township also is expected to eliminate Oak Street from its paving list this year to focus on Nemacolin Way. That plan will be $14,036 less than the original $168,780 estimate, township officials said.

Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Groves said the money will go back into the township’s general fund budget with the intention of it to be used on other road projects this fall.

“It’s nice when you can do that,” Groves said.

Also during the meeting, the supervisors accepted the resignation of John Beckus as a full-time township police officer, although he will remain in a part-time role at $16 per hour until the end of the month. Cumberland Township police Chief Craig Miller said Beckus has accepted a full-time job with South Strabane police. Michael Anthony Sutton was hired as a part-time police officer and will be paid $14 per hour during his yearlong probationary phase.

The supervisors also rescinded their approval of the $10,500 bid from Culp’s Nursery to perform work on the baseball field in Nemacolin because the offer did not meet the township’s specific requests. The township supervisors voted Monday to accept a bid of $16,428 from Athletic Field Pro to perform the work.

A bid from Belmont Aggregates of Ohio was accepted by the township for the winter’s road aggregate. The cost for the cinder and ash aggregate was $14.45 per ton.

The township announced its cleanup days will be held Oct. 10 and 11 each day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the collection bins located behind municipal building. More information on the cleanup can be found at the township building.

A public hearing to solicit input on Community Development Block Grant funds for the township will be held following the township’s Oct. 5 meeting.