OSWEGO – At Monday night’s meeting of the Administrative Services Committee Tom Kells, DPW commissioner, requested a general budget amendment and authorization to purchase new dockage for the International Marina. Several of the docks have reached the end of their lifespan and have been severely damaged.
The request totals $58,343.21 for 10 units plus shipping and handling, he said.
He also requested authorization to create a Request For Proposals for labor costs associated with the installation of the new dockage.
The recent flooding severely damaged some of the docks, Kells said Monday night.
The city was awarded a public assistance grant by FEMA following the flooding. It is to repair, bring back part of the structure, to the way it was, according to Randy Griffin, Fire Chief / Emergency Management Director.
It requires the city to file an insurance claim first; if it doesn’t make the city whole, then FEMA will assist.
The docks in question are city-owned and available for use by anyone, said Mike Anderson, of the Yacht Club, a city resident and a boat owner.
“I think the combination of the high water and some of the storms we had drove the last few nails into the coffin of those slips,” he said. “There was quite a bit of damage to them.”
Each one of the docks should have 26 slips on each, he said. That’s $1,500 a slip. That comes out to about $78,000 in revenue that’s produced, he said.
“As a taxpayer in the city I love to see things that put money into your pockets instead of just taking money out,” he told the committee. “This is bringing revenue to the city; not just slip fees, but we’re bringing people into the city and they spend money at our local businesses.”
Fixing the docks is going to return more money than what the city is spending, he added.
In Other Action:
The committee approved a request by Randy Griffin, fire chief, for permission to amend Resolution #49 for vendor purposes only. Rombough Electric will now be considered to perform miscellaneous electrical work – repairs at the east and west side fire station. The cost of the work will be $9,332.
The fire chief’s request for permission to send two personnel to the required First Line Supervisory Training Program at Fort Totten located in Queens from April 15 – May 11 was also approved.
Mayor Billy Barlow received a request from the Oswego Noon Rotary Club for use of public space at the attached location to plant a tree. Rotary is also requested the assistance of the DPW on May 2. The site selected is on East 13th Street to the north of Dunkin’ Donuts. The committee gave the request a favorable recommendation.
Justin Rudgick, community development director, requested approval from the council to be authorized to submit the necessary funding application and the mayor to execute the necessary documents for the submission and the administration of the funding through the BridgeNY Program.
The city is applying for funding for two specific activities – to rehabilitate and replace bridges and culverts, the mayor said.
There will be two application submissions; one will be for culverts and the other for the bridge project.
The city is eligible to apply for up to $5 million award up to 95 percent of the total project cost for the bridge project and the city may apply for up to $1 million award up to 100 percent of the project cost. This is a reimbursement grant opportunity if successfully awarded.
The application is due April 13 for the culvert projects and April 27 for the bridge projects.
The total anticipated cost of the bridge project is $2,642,480. It’s a 95 percent 5 percent match requirement, the mayor explained.
The culvert work on City Line Road will cost about $646,650.
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