[0:11] Yeah.
[0:15] » Let's bring the meeting to order, folks.
Welcome to the August 12th, 2026 Lower
[0:21] Southampton Township meeting. I'll ask
everyone to rise to salute our flag.
[0:27] And we're going to ask Mr. Clabbers,
dedicated World War II veteran, to lead
[0:32] us in the pledge to the flag.
[0:36] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:41] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:47] justice for all.
>> Thank you.
[0:50] » Thank you. May be seated. Thank you, Mr.
Clabbers. We appreciate that.
[0:55] And I think your wife would have a seat,
right?
[0:58] » Yes, I am.
>> Right next to her.
[1:01] » Yeah, yes, thank you.
>> Well, Chris, better move over.
[1:07] » Welcome everyone to our August 12th
meeting. Missing tonight is Chairman
[1:11] Koutsouradis, board member Mr. Peratano,
and our public works director Mr.
[1:17] Coppins.
Prior to the 7:30 meeting, the board met
[1:21] in executive session and we discussed
the PBA contract negotiations.
[1:27] We talked about hiring of
employees.
[1:31] We discussed
a vehicle policy, vehicle use policy.
[1:37] There were some personnel discussions
about employees, and we also discussed a
[1:44] possible real estate transaction
occurring within our borders.
[1:48] At 6:30 we had a work session.
We discussed a potential car wash at the
[1:54] corner of Street and Bustleton.
We discussed Russell Elliott Memorial
[1:59] Park electrical issue.
Uh our Parks and Recreation Director,
[2:04] Mr. Mulholland, gave us a report. We
received a report from our Assistant
[2:08] Township Manager.
Uh we received a personnel report from
[2:13] our HR Director, Ms. Adams.
We received a finance report from our
[2:18] director, Mr. Ryan.
Uh Chief of Police gave us a report
[2:23] regarding some issues we're having on
Brownsville Road. Watch out.
[2:29] Our Township Engineer gave a report.
Uh we had some discussion on the
[2:34] enforcement of our sign ordinance along
our major highways that are being
[2:38] littered by temporary signs. We
discussed grants
[2:43] uh for our public sidewalks on our major
highways.
[2:47] And we had some discussion about our
public parks and the parking of certain
[2:52] vehicles.
[2:56] At this point in time, we're going to
start with public comment. Uh
[3:01] please sign in up at the podium.
Write down your name and your address.
[3:05] You'll be permitted 3 minutes. And when
we are at the 2-minute and 50-second
[3:11] mark, I will give you fair notice.
>> I appreciate that.
[3:15] » Items that are going to be on the agenda
tonight, you can speak about them when
[3:20] we discuss that item at the agenda time.
At this time, I welcome
[3:25] » Don Stevens.
>> Mr. Stevens.
[3:27] » 345 Peach Tree Lane in Feasterville, PA.
>> Start the timer.
[3:31] » I'm a victim
as well as
[3:34] three of my neighbors. I don't know how
many more victims are out there.
[3:38] There could be many.
We are We are victims
[3:43] of
Mike Italia and his outfit, uh Barry
[3:47] Isaac.
They are in
[3:49] They are in contract to uphold our
ordinance.
[3:54] Mike Italia did not.
Because he did not,
[4:00] all two of my neighbors had to get
surveys for somebody else's fence that
[4:07] they had no
desire to get.
[4:10] I'll tell you the first person first.
Uh my neighbor on the side
[4:14] actually witnessed Mike Italia approving
these
[4:18] nails that were in the ground which were
not monuments or pins, iron pins that he
[4:22] knew he had to he had to witness.
He went They witnessed Mike Italia
[4:27] approving these.
The neighbor immediately went to Mike
[4:31] Italia and said, "This These nails are
wrong
[4:36] and I am
um
[4:39] contesting
this this survey.
[4:43] It needs a new survey."
They assumed that Mike Italia would
[4:48] insist on getting a survey, but he never
did.
[4:52] After the fence was put up, Mike that
same neighbor got a survey, paid a
[4:56] thousand dollar over a thousand dollars
for it, and it turns out she was correct
[5:00] and Mike Italia was wrong.
Why he ever
[5:04] he ever accepted nails instead of the
required pins or monuments, I do not
[5:09] know.
The neighbor in the back,
[5:13] nice young couple, I'm friendly with
them. They uh
[5:17] came home one day and there was a string
across their backyard right where these
[5:22] nails were that Mike Italia accepted as
a survey.
[5:27] The husband says, "This can't be right.
I know they're wrong." The wife says,
[5:31] "We don't have a thousand dollars. We're
saving for the kids' college fund and
[5:34] everything else.
We can't just throw away a thousand
[5:37] dollars." She says, "It's wrong. We got
to do something about it now."
[5:41] So, before the fence was put up, they
got their own survey. Turns out what
[5:44] Mike Italia you
was a foot and a half off.
[5:48] If they didn't get a survey, Mike Italia
and my neighbor would have stole a foot
[5:52] and a half of their property for the
whole length of it.
[5:56] Um I tried to ask Mike Italia why he
didn't ask for a survey, but Mike Italia
[6:00] played the fifth.
I'm not asking about his pronouns.
[6:05] I'm not asking about who killed JFK. I'm
just asking him questions about what
[6:09] he's paid to do and paid well.
Do you know that Barry I said
[6:15] robbed the freaking Township of Lower
Southampton for $320,000
[6:19] last year?
>> Thank you, Mr. Stevens. We appreciate
[6:22] that.
>> Was that the 10-minute warning?
[6:23] » That was the 10-second warning. This is
the 3 minutes.
[6:27] » Oh, I didn't hear it. Sorry.
>> Thank you very much.
[6:29] » Thank you.
>> Is there anyone else who like to come up
[6:32] and comment?
Sir, come on up.
[6:35] State your name and your
write down your address in the book.
[6:44] » Hello. Um my name is [clears throat] uh
Tim Hunt. I reside at 67 Henry Avenue. I
[6:48] would like to thank everyone
for putting out the rumble strips. Um
[6:53] I'm not one for standing in public up
here, but they're not working.
[6:58] Uh people are not slowing down.
And I was wondering if uh maybe we could
[7:03] do something else. Maybe there's speed
bumps or
[7:08] more signs. I don't know.
But uh
[7:11] I just want to say thanks. That's all I
got.
[7:13] » Is that your son?
>> I yes, my son Tim.
[7:15] » all the more reason we're going to fix
it.
[7:17] » Yeah. What's that?
>> It's all the more reason we're going to
[7:19] fix it.
>> All right, thank you.
[7:21] » Thank you, sir.
>> And I have had a lot of feedback and I
[7:24] think we were waiting cuz it was a pilot
program. So we wanted to give it a few
[7:28] months. And then I think what we're
going to do is um survey the neighbors
[7:33] again
um to see if they would support speed
[7:37] bumps. I don't know who sent
kind of like the same letter we sent
[7:42] about the rumble strips.
Um and I know um the chief has been
[7:48] proactive at putting um officers on your
street as well.
[7:52] » the bump at one end and the other like a
third third would that probably resolve
[7:55] the situation? In your opinion?
>> Yeah, I think I would more of a speed
[7:59] bump there.
Like two. Yeah, it would really like
[8:02] slow them down.
Um if we do put speed bumps, maybe we
[8:06] could put one towards the bottom of the
hill.
[8:09] Instead of in the middle of the street
where the rumble strips are and maybe
[8:12] like one on top. To slow them down. I
mean, I'm standing out here every day
[8:16] trying to slow people down.
After work and that the whole street's
[8:20] full of kids and they just fly and uh We
just I'm like telling people to slow
[8:25] down and people are telling me, you
know, what? So
[8:29] um Anything would help, I think, from
this point on.
[8:32] » Thank you, Mr. Hunt.
>> Thanks.
[8:35] » Thanks, Timmy. I'm glad you came.
>> Is there anyone else that would like to
[8:39] speak?
Come on up, sir.
[8:43] » Good evening. How are you doing?
>> Good evening.
[8:45] » Uh Brad Vote, uh two Overroad.
Uh to his point, my my daughter lives on
[8:50] Henry Avenue and yeah, that whatever
they put there in the middle of the
[8:54] street is it didn't do anything. They
need to put like a uh uh you know, some
[8:58] kind of and she lives at 78, so they at
the bottom of the hill. So, they'd be
[9:02] willing to have the uh you know, some
kind of speed bump there to slow the
[9:06] cars down cuz they really do
fly up that street. There's a lot of
[9:10] kids and there's not a lot of room. The
kids come out. The most of the driveways
[9:13] are sloped coming down. It's like a
hazard. I mean, the cars are fly They do
[9:17] fly up there. And I don't know if it's
his car got hit. Somebody just got hit
[9:21] the other day on that. You know,
somebody sideswiped their car. So, it is
[9:25] dangerous. Um I wanted to know if I'd be
getting any clarity on the uh
[9:29] National Federation of Housing. I
thought that that agenda was coming up
[9:33] when they were going to come down with a
vote on that.
[9:35] » The decision was issued today. I found
it on my desk on the desk.
[9:41] The board will have time to consider it
and they'll make a decision what they're
[9:46] going to do at the next meeting.
And it'll be available for you to get a
[9:50] copy of the decision.
>> was the one outside arbitrator and that
[9:53] was that was his.
So, did they give you their verdict on
[9:56] it or like just that so we
>> That's what I
[9:59] » Oh, they're they're not ready.
>> No, what I just said. It was placed on
[10:03] the desk today. It's dated
It stated the Well, I think it stated
[10:08] today. It just came out. It's available.
You'll be able to get a copy. It's dated
[10:14] August 12th. So, it's dated today.
>> Well, you got it right there. What does
[10:17] it any any any things it cost?
It's three pages.
[10:24] Uh all right.
>> The point The point being, sir, is we
[10:28] haven't read the decision whether
whether we like it or not and we want to
[10:31] pursue it or appeal it or we find it's
just going to be detrimental to the
[10:33] township by not appealing it. There's
There's things got to be taken away. We
[10:36] have to discuss discussion about it.
It's not final.
[10:39] » Unfortunately, because of the the powers
that come down that really want this,
[10:43] you know, this castle to be the built
here, I would hope that our township at
[10:46] least squeezes them and gets maybe
sidewalks, it gets, you know, the
[10:50] building be done cuz inevitably I think
they have the money and I don't know
[10:52] what we could do to stop this because
the expansion of subsidized housing in
[10:57] our township, I think, you know, somehow
we got to curtail that a little bit. I
[11:01] mean, uh I don't mind taxpayers moving
in, people with houses that contribute
[11:05] to the community, but we we you know, as
I see a lot of these developments all
[11:09] coming up here and it's all going to be
it's not how you're going to build like
[11:12] a a solid community. Um
Nothing builds, you know, people
[11:18] walking around and
uh again to go back to that uh spot
[11:21] where they're building this place. I
mean, Stevie Wonder could see that's a
[11:24] terrible spot. I mean, it's terrible
that that somebody could even conceive
[11:29] of having a building put right there.
CAN ANYBODY FIGURE OUT THAT ROAD? Does
[11:33] anybody communicate like they're ripping
up Brownsville Road? Is there like I'm
[11:36] not a smart person, but
>> would somebody realize when they repave
[11:39] it and the and the pipes are 120 years
old that maybe when they rip it up they
[11:43] could all like get everything in in
order so it would last. It seems like
[11:47] it's just like patches. It like nobody
knows what they're doing. It just like
[11:51] they
>> Okay.
[11:52] » they rip up spots and
>> Good morning, Mr.
[11:54] » Wouldn't it be better to just have it
like just rip it up do do everything and
[11:57] then repave it and be done with it for
50 60 years?
[11:59] » Thank you very much.
>> All right. I got to solve my name and
[12:01] then uh all right. I feel better now.
Thank you.
[12:04] » Okay. Well, we let
>> on the website that I guess what they
[12:07] what they posted.
>> How how will this be released?
[12:11] » How's this get released, Joe? I don't
know.
[12:13] » We can put it on the website if you
want.
[12:15] » Okay.
>> Yeah, I mean
[12:17] » Give it a few days. That is
>> Appreciate your time. Thank you.
[12:20] » Anyone else would like to make public
comment?
[12:23] Last call?
Okay, thank you very much. We'll move on
[12:28] to our next
item on the agenda is our consent agenda
[12:32] for
August 12th. Miss Bowman, would you be
[12:36] kind enough to read our consent agenda?
>> Sure, I'd like to make a motion to
[12:42] approve our consent agenda for the
minutes of July 8th,
[12:47] 2026,
accounts payable for August 12th, 2026,
[12:54] approval of certain recurring monthly
bills
[12:57] as of August 12th, 2026,
ratification of accounts payable from
[13:03] July 29th, 2026, ratification of certain
recurring monthly bills from July 29th,
[13:09] 2026,
and approval of the professional escrow
[13:14] release for $6,158.78
[13:18] for Frank Di Sandro at 1843 Buck Road in
Feasterville.
[13:24] » Thank you. There's a motion. Is there a
second?
[13:25] » Second.
>> There's a second by Mr. Bordner. Any
[13:28] questions?
Hearing none, all in favor say I.
[13:31] » I.
>> Opposed?
[13:33] The eyes have it, 3-0.
Thank you, Ms. Foreman.
[13:38] Okay, agenda item number two,
preliminary land development for
[13:42] Jared Klaber's, 242 West Bristol Road,
Feasterville. I believe he's represented
[13:48] by counsel, gentlemen.
>> Chris, you can have a seat and just
[13:52] hit the button.
>> Good evening. Thanks for having us.
[13:56] Jerry Klaber's is here at the the
applicant, 055 Properties, but Jerry
[14:01] owns it Vince is the the project
engineer. I'll turn it over to him. We
[14:04] looked at the resolution, we're fine
with all the conditions.
[14:09] » Vince, you want to give a quick
explanation?
[14:11] » Sure.
[14:14] Good evening, everyone.
I'm Vince Fioramonti, our firm did the
[14:17] plans that are before you tonight. Um
you grab that microphone there.
[14:24] Thank you.
I'll just keep this quick. Um it's a
[14:28] 10.5 acre site zoned R1, minimum lot
area 20,000 square feet.
[14:33] What we endeavored to do here is create
a by-right plan that coordinates with
[14:37] the natural features of the property.
You can see the proposed plan on the
[14:41] left and the existing conditions on the
right.
[14:44] Um overall, you know, we have one single
cul-de-sac 1,000 feet long, requires a
[14:49] waiver.
Um and we have 12 lots that range in
[14:52] size from 20,000 square feet to
a little bit over an acre on on the end
[14:57] here.
Um essentially, when you look here real
[15:00] quick at the existing conditions that
are kind of unique to the property, we
[15:04] have a railroad on the top. We have a
non-residential use adjacent here.
[15:10] The railroad that crosses Bristol has a
very sharp overpass on Bristol Road
[15:14] here, which was a concern, but it's it's
perfectly safe. We've had it evaluated.
[15:19] There's a drainage channel runs through
the property. You can kind of see it
[15:22] right here where the woodline is. That
drains the residential area behind us to
[15:27] the Mill Creek, but essentially a dry
drainage channel. On any given day,
[15:32] there's no water in it at all. When it
rains, it carries water, and you can see
[15:36] its location.
Another unique feature of the property
[15:39] is there's a gravity sewer that runs
down below this channel,
[15:45] you know, down downhill, and there's a
force main in that same easement that
[15:48] runs the other direction uphill and
through Henry Avenue. So, there's a
[15:52] couple of hidden utilities in there.
But, taking everything into account, you
[15:55] know, there's good woodlands around it.
There's nice slopes. There's elevations
[15:59] here that would create nice views.
So, when you look at our proposal on the
[16:03] left and the existing conditions on the
right, you can see that we took the road
[16:07] up here. We're trying to, you know, save
all the woodlands that we can. The road
[16:10] up this side, we crossed at a 90° angle
here, and then came up the hillside at
[16:16] the top, you know, where there where
there's a crest in the in the ground,
[16:19] you know, with the roadway. So, we're
taking the area that was already
[16:22] disturbed, developing that. We're
maintaining all the woodlands that
[16:25] surround us, and you can see the
woodlands here. And we're buffering the
[16:29] railroad and
a lot of landscaping with a landscape
[16:33] architect handling the stormwater. So, I
think we've done a good job of
[16:37] preserving the natural features that are
worth preserving on the site and
[16:43] utilizing them. And I think when we're
finished, we're going to have a nice
[16:46] upscale community that that'll be
good for the area, no impact on any
[16:51] other residents.
We're downhill from the drainage. We're
[16:54] going to We have seven seepage beds at
the uphill lots here.
[16:58] We have three earthen basins to handle
the road runoff. So, there's no drainage
[17:03] impacts. There's no traffic impacts
because we're not connecting here.
[17:07] And aesthetically, there'll be no visual
impacts because we're buffered, and
[17:11] we've actually added a lot more
buffering to the site. So, I think when
[17:14] we're finished, we'll have a low traffic
luxury development which have nice views
[17:19] for all the dwellings and
you know we appreciate the consideration
[17:23] that
and all the work and back and forth
[17:26] we've done with all the consultants to
get to this point.
[17:28] » Very good. Thank you.
Chris, there's one
[17:31] question one of the supervisors had and
that was concerning
[17:35] the homeowners association. We've had
some problems in the township with them
[17:40] being proposed and not followed through.
>> [snorts]
[17:43] » Uh
Well
[17:45] » Like Vince can answer initially the the
builder will be
[17:48] responsible for funding all the escrows
associated with the improvements. So
[17:53] that that can't they can't even get off
the ground until those are funded. Um
[17:56] and as lots are sold to individual
owners each of those owners will become
[18:00] part of the homeowners association. Once
there's the majority of
[18:05] of owners
involved in the association it's
[18:08] officially turned over to the the
homeowners to manage. But all the
[18:11] funding for the requirements of the
of what you're approving will be will be
[18:16] funded for that matter.
>> And I've I've included provisions in the
[18:20] resolution that it has to be uh
the documents have to be filed prior to
[18:26] or or at the same time as the approved
plans and that's an acceptable
[18:30] condition.
>> Absolutely and those conditions will run
[18:33] with the land.
>> Yes and
[18:35] I
we had several variations or revisions
[18:38] of this plan and the last one was dated
preparation date August 10th, 2026 at
[18:45] the bottom of the page and it starts
with whereas we refer to the applicant
[18:50] as 055 Properties LP. You've had a
chance to review that resolution it's
[18:55] acceptable to you and your client.
>> Yes.
[18:59] » The board members have any questions?
>> I have none. Any members of the public
[19:03] have any questions?
>> Just a little clarity here they've been
[19:07] working on this project for years.
>> 20 years.
[19:10] » And uh
most of the boards yes. Mr. Hunt, you
[19:14] can come on up to the microphone.
Um
[19:17] » The sign again?
>> No.
[19:19] » Just
[19:21] Uh my question is um the storm water
runoff
[19:26] uh you said they have drainage ponds
here at the lower end of the lot.
[19:30] » Yes.
>> Um where are they going to drain into?
[19:33] » So what happens there is the
drainage swale that you see on this plan
[19:36] I can't really get it with this
highlighter here. It's in especially in
[19:39] this location.
So and then I have a whole drainage
[19:42] system here but we don't have to get
into that. There There's a ridge that
[19:44] runs through the property and some of
the property drains to the railroad
[19:48] track in this direction. The other part
of it drains to this swale here.
[19:53] All right, so we're controlling them
both areas. The the lots on the front
[19:57] they all have seepage beds in their
yards. So the drainage from the
[20:00] dwellings will go to the seepage beds
and then it'll release into the swale
[20:04] that runs down the railroad track and
then into the little creek.
[20:07] It's going south and the
houses on this side there's three
[20:10] basins. There's one here you can't see
with the landscaping but it's a the
[20:14] storm sewer intercepts the runoff and
swales and this area is drained by a
[20:19] pond here which then releases into that
stream.
[20:22] Then from there down is a second pond
right here
[20:26] that releases into that stream. And then
there's a third pond in this location
[20:30] that releases into that stream. So
everything's controlled and it's all
[20:33] released in the same exact spot that it
comes out now.
[20:36] » Okay, my next question is um was there
um a hydro study done on this property
[20:41] and how much water goes into that runoff
right now?
[20:44] » So the answer to that's yes and our the
township engineer reviews all those
[20:48] plans and gives the approval before we
got to this point. So we don't get to
[20:53] this point until it's approved by the
township engineer.
[20:55] » also the entrance to this property is
going to be on Bristol Road right at the
[20:59] railroad tracks?
At the at the at the tunnel?
[21:02] » It's as far away from the overpass as
possible.
[21:05] » And
>> It's on the right side of the property.
[21:06] » Is there going to be a red light there?
Just a stop sign.
[21:11] Cuz there's a view prob- there's a view
problem there now with going through the
[21:14] tunnel.
[21:50] Okay, then all the homes, are they all
going to be like pretty much the same
[21:54] square footage-wise or
different?
[22:05] Right.
[22:11] But this is going to be the layout of
the what what you what you're saying
[22:14] now?
[22:19] Okay, thank you.
>> Thank you, sir. Any other questions?
[22:24] Hearing none, thank you for your
presentation. And is there anyone that
[22:27] would make a motion?
>> I'd love to make that motion.
[22:29] » Okay, so you make a motion to adopt
resolution 2026-19
[22:34] approving the application of Gerard
Klaber's doing business as 055
[22:39] Properties 242 West Bristol Road.
>> Yes, sir.
[22:42] » All right, is there a second?
>> Second.
[22:43] » There's a motion and a second. Any
further questions amongst the board?
[22:47] Hearing none, all in favor say I.
>> I.
[22:49] » I.
>> Opposed?
[22:51] Motion carries 3-0.
>> Thank you very much.
[22:54] » Thank you.
>> Congratulations.
[22:56] » Thank you.
[23:06] » Thank you, Mr. Clappers, for coming out
tonight.
[23:09] It was nice seeing you, sir.
>> Thank you for your patience.
[23:12] » Very well. Mr. Clappers, if you don't
know, is a World War II veteran. He was
[23:16] a sergeant in Germany,
actual fighting the enemy.
[23:21] And uh you're not going to see too many
more World War II veterans around. So,
[23:25] thank you, sir, for coming out.
>> [applause]
[23:33] » And if people don't know, that's your
son standing in front of you. He's also
[23:37] a veteran, and he's well involved in the
community.
[23:40] » He's a submariner.
>> Yes.
[23:43] Thank you much. Okay, agenda item number
three.
[23:48] Consider approval of the 2026-2027
SRO agreement, school resource officer,
[23:55] within the Neshaminy School District.
Mr. Gatto?
[24:13] » The dollar amount in question would be
uh receiving uh $60,000.
[24:18] That's on receive $60,000 from the uh
Neshaminy School District. So, we're
[24:23] looking for approval
uh with the caveat on the dates.
[24:27] » Yes, the document we've been provided is
the one that was approved in 2025. So,
[24:33] the document will be edited to to make
it for the school year 26-27.
[24:39] That
>> Okay, thank you. Is there a motion to
[24:43] adopt the 2026-2027
school resource officer with the
[24:49] uh
noted corrections.
[24:51] » Motion.
>> That will be signed. There's a motion by
[24:53] Ms. Bowman. Is there a second?
>> Second.
[24:55] » There's a second by Mr. Boardner. Any
other questions?
[24:58] Anyone in the audience have a question
about the school resource officer?
[25:03] Hearing none, all in favor say I.
>> I.
[25:05] » Opposed?
The eyes have it, 3-0. Thank you.
[25:13] Agenda item number four, consider
awarding of the 2026 road improvement
[25:19] program, and that would fall under our
engineer, Mr. Everett, seated to your
[25:23] right.
>> Thank [clears throat] you.
[25:26] On August 5th, the township opened
the 2026 roadway improvement program
[25:31] bids,
which consisted of the following roads:
[25:34] Arrowhead Drive, Beach Road to Creek
Road, North Center Road, Rosewood Avenue
[25:38] to Woodbine Avenue, Hazel Avenue, Oak
Road to Forest Avenue, Hilton
[25:43] [clears throat] Avenue, Park Avenue to
Marsh Avenue, Woodside Avenue, Oakford
[25:48] Avenue to Woodchuck Lane/Summit Avenue,
Creston Avenue, Spring Avenue Lane to
[25:53] Oakford,
Hilltop Road, Pleasant View Avenue to
[25:57] County Line Road, Skyline Drive, Harding
Avenue to 328 Skyline Drive, 5th Street,
[26:03] Welcome Lane to Harding Avenue, and um
Don't Block the Box at Bustleton Pike at
[26:09] Irving Place. Um they are at the base
bid, and there was two add alternates.
[26:14] Add alternate number one
>> [clears throat]
[26:17] » was Second Street, Avenue C to Avenue E,
and
[26:24] Village Drive. Um we received three
bids. The township received three bids
[26:29] um with the lowest bidder being James D.
Morrissey of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[26:33] for the base bid amount of $317,
$317,127.50.
[26:40] Um
we recommend that the board uh
[26:44] award the bid to James D. Morrissey um
for the base bid and any combination of
[26:49] the add alternates.
Um if the township was to award the base
[26:54] bid and both add alternates, the total
would be $502,379.75.
[27:01] » So, how much money we got?
How much money we got, Joseph?
[27:07] » Um, you have a sufficient amount of
money to pay the $502,000 and change.
[27:12] » Good, thank you. So, I'm looking for a
motion to award the 2026 road
[27:16] improvement program bid to James D.
Marsy Inc., the lowest bidder for the
[27:20] base bid and two additional alternatives
for the bid price of $502,379.75,
[27:29] and to authorize the township manager,
Mr. Gatto, to sign that contract.
[27:34] » Motion made.
>> There's a motion by Mr. Boardner. Is
[27:36] there a second?
>> Second.
[27:37] » Second by Ms. Bowman. Any further
questions?
[27:40] Hearing none, all in favor say I.
>> I.
[27:42] » I.
>> Opposed?
[27:44] The eyes carried, 3-0.
[27:50] Agenda item number five, consider
authorizing the change order for Roberts
[27:54] Avenue storm sewer replacement project.
And that will be Mr. Everts.
[28:00] » Thank you again, Vice Chair. Um, so in
front of you is the change order number
[28:04] one for the Roberts Avenue storm sewer
replacement. Um, this work was
[28:09] additional work that
>> [clears throat]
[28:11] » would included the inlet repair at
Herrick and Crestwood Avenues.
[28:15] Um,
the contract amount was $19,591.
[28:20] Um, the total amount of work completed
was $19,591.
[28:25] Uh, we would like the payment to the
contractor
[28:30] in that amount.
>> Okay, Board. You okay?
[28:35] So, we need a motion to authorize the
change order for the Roberts Avenue
[28:38] storm sewer replacement project for the
amount of $19,591,
[28:43] and to authorize the township manager to
sign the documents. Is there a motion?
[28:47] Motion. Motion by Ms. Bowman, second by
Mr. Bodner. Any further questions?
[28:51] Hearing none, all in favor say I.
Opposed? The eyes carry 3-0.
[28:59] Agenda item number six, consider
authorizing payment number four for the
[29:04] Roberts Avenue storm sewer replacement
project. And we would like to hear one
[29:08] more time from you, Mr. Everts.
>> So this would be pay estimate number
[29:12] four for the Roberts Avenue storm sewer
replacement project
[29:16] for the work that was done by Carp
Excavating who also did the change
[29:20] order.
The total pay estimate would be
[29:24] $21,648.30.
[29:29] » Okay, so is there a motion to authorize
the fourth and final payment to Carp
[29:33] Excavating for the amount of $21,648.30
[29:38] for the Roberts Avenue storm sewer
replacement project and to authorize Mr.
[29:42] Gatto to sign the documents.
>> Motion.
[29:46] » Motion by Mr. Bodner, second by
>> Second.
[29:49] » Ms. Bowman. Any further questions?
Hearing none, all in favor say I.
[29:53] Opposed? The eyes carry.
[29:58] Our final agenda item for tonight is
um
[30:02] we discussed this in our work session
but we'll just make it more
[30:08] public discussion on the fence repair at
Veterans Park. And who would like to
[30:13] handle that, Mr. Everts?
>> Yeah, I'll handle that.
[30:15] » Okay.
>> So this was discussion of the fence
[30:18] repair for the pickleball and tennis
courts at the new Veterans Park.
[30:23] There was some
concerns that balls were getting
[30:27] underneath the fence. I've reached out
to the subcontractor to set up a site
[30:32] meeting to hopefully resolve the issue.
The meeting will include representatives
[30:37] from the townships, myself, and the
contractor.
[30:41] » Very good. Mr. uh
uh Gatto, you have any other comments on
[30:45] this? We're good to go?
Okay, with that it takes us to the
[30:49] manager's report.
>> Just two items real quick. Again,
[30:53] Playwicki Farm, August 14th, this
Friday. Uh
[30:57] » [clears throat]
>> you have another food truck rally from
[30:59] 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Um additionally, we have the uh Cow Chip
[31:05] Bingo. Matt, did you want to mention
something on that?
[31:08] Real quick. [clears throat]
>> It's a bovine extravaganza to the likes
[31:11] you've never never seen before.
Uh
[31:14] tickets are available. You can either
contact me on our website or you can
[31:18] come in person. Uh tickets are $25 a
piece.
[31:21] And uh you can watch a an actual cow
>> Yep.
[31:25] » and watch it take nature take its
course.
[31:28] More or less.
>> More [snorts] or less, exactly.
[31:31] » That's all I have.
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Gatto and Mr.
[31:36] Bowman. In relation to our next speaker,
Ms. Bowman, supervisor's comments.
[31:41] » I just want to thank everybody that came
out to our summer concert series. We had
[31:45] a concert on July 25th. It was well
attended. The bands were great. We had
[31:49] food trucks. It was a beautiful night.
Uh so, thank you. We are going to
[31:53] continue uh concerts next year starting
in May through September. We're going to
[31:59] try and do one concert a month at the
Veterans Park. It was a great event, and
[32:05] I would encourage everybody to pay
attention to the events that are put on
[32:09] by our Parks and Rec Board. Uh these are
events that are for you. They're mostly
[32:13] free unless it's a class, um and they're
usually very affordable. So, I want to
[32:18] thank the Parks and Rec Board for
putting on those two concerts this
[32:21] summer, and uh led by Mr. Walt
Mulholland. So, thank you. Uh Community
[32:28] Day is September 26th, so make sure you
come out. Um we are selling Cow Chip
[32:33] Bingo tickets. If you need any tickets,
please get in touch with us. Get in
[32:38] touch with me cuz I haven't sold any
yet. Um so, come out. It's a great
[32:42] event. Uh it's a fundraiser to uh honor
and raise funds for our emergency
[32:47] services. And it's a great event.
There's vendors there.
[32:52] There is music. Uh we usually there's a
canine dog display. I think we did that
[32:58] last year. They doing that? Yeah. And uh
couch bingo. So, and uh only a couple
[33:03] more weeks of summer. So,
enjoy.
[33:08] » Thank you, Ms. Bowman. Mr. Boardner, our
veteran
[33:12] who served our country. Thank you very
much.
[33:14] » You're welcome. It's funny you bring
that up. Um September, we're honoring
[33:17] our veterans along with October. Um
Saturday, 9/12 at Russell Memorial Park,
[33:22] we'll have our annual Travis Manion 9/11
Heroes 5K. If you'd like to uh sign up
[33:26] as a volunteer or as a participant, the
QRC code is on the township website.
[33:31] It's also in the township email.
On 10/17, we'll have our second annual
[33:36] 2.2 for the vets and suicide awareness
walk cuz we know there's 22 vets a month
[33:40] that killed themselves.
Um it's tragic. They don't deserve that.
[33:43] And we will also be honoring them with
700 flags at Play with E Farm along
[33:48] Bridgeton Pike. Hope to see you guys all
there. Thank you very much.
[33:52] » Thank you, Mr. Boardner.
And finally,
[33:56] thank you everyone for
uh coming out to our meeting tonight.
[34:00] Things don't always
go as fast when we
[34:04] are in government, but we do our best.
We do appreciate your comments. We do
[34:08] hear you. We do. So, I do appreciate
each each of you for coming out. Um no
[34:14] » few comments though.
>> Yes, go ahead. We've got
[34:17] » Yeah, just real quickly. Um so, they
awarded the contract to uh Morse C for
[34:21] these roads. Do we have any way to watch
this the quality of what they're doing?
[34:25] I mean,
I drive from I have to drive 17 mi to
[34:28] work. I am I do not drive one drivable
road the whole way work. So, there are
[34:34] wooden this contract, even though it
might be cheaper than everybody else, do
[34:37] we have people that go out there to
>> It's so
[34:39] » make sure that this is built to the
quality that
[34:41] » So, we have inspectors
Inspectors from my office.
[34:46] » We can't hear you, sir.
Sir, you have to come to the mic so that
[34:49] people at home can hear you.
>> Um, but just real quick, because I heard
[34:53] your question. Um, I actually have
driven around. Uh, there were a couple
[34:57] issues from the last job. And then what
we do, and some of the board members are
[35:03] actual road masters. Like, that's what
they do. They drive around and they
[35:07] check out the quality of the streets.
There were a couple issues. Um,
[35:13] but you have to remember what you might
be pertaining to or referencing are
[35:18] PennDOT roads. Like, Bristol Road,
PennDOT Road. Brownsville, PennDOT Road.
[35:23] Currently, Brownsville Road is going
through a project right now with Peco
[35:27] and the gas line. Now, they're going to
come through on the Bensalem side, not
[35:32] the Lower South side, and they're going
to pave over all of where it's ripped
[35:37] up. So, there was a problem. They had
deteriorating gas main underneath the
[35:41] road. So, and that had been going on for
a while. I can tell you, I worked with
[35:45] the fire department. We would smell the
fumes and get fume calls all the time.
[35:48] » They just did little patches. Well, this
long as we're on that, because I know
[35:51] that they will do short costs and they
give you a low bid. And then, yeah, you
[35:55] don't maybe don't have the quality
cement, but long as we have people that
[35:57] are monitoring that. So,
>> So, yeah. Our our engineer is on top of
[36:02] it.
>> Our engineer is on top
[36:03] » I can add to that.
>> I'm skeptical of everything. I think
[36:06] everything is like, you know,
>> So, the township gets reimbursed certain
[36:08] amount of money from liquid fuels, and
that's from from PennDOT in the state.
[36:12] There's requirements that the contractor
has to adhere to. They have to submit
[36:16] forms, they have to submit um, material
listings from the quarries they're
[36:20] getting it. When
the township's responsible for the
[36:23] lowest responsible bidder, right? So,
they have to meet prevailing wage
[36:26] requirements. So there are all these
requirements they have. It's it's more
[36:30] of a competition to get the lowest price
for the township. It's not lowest
[36:33] competition for quality of work.
>> Yeah.
[36:37] Okay. All
>> Good. Thank you, sir. I
[36:38] » I appreciate thank you.
>> Thank you everybody.
[36:41] » Hopefully Mr. Kutsuradis will be back.
Our next meeting will be September 9th.
[36:45] So hearing no further comments. Motion
to adjourn by Mr. Boardner, second by
[36:51] Ms. Berman. All in favor say I.
Motion carries.
[36:55] » Thank you.