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Bookville City Council approves Brumbaugh Construction of Arcanum for work.

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By Kevin O’Boyle, Contributing Writer 2:03 PM Thursday, August 25, 2011

BROOKVILLE — The long awaited infrastructure improvement project for the Northbrook Industrial Park took a step forward at the Aug. 16 meeting of Brookville City Council.

Constructing Nutrition Way from Collective Way to Arlington Road was estimated to cost more than $525,000, but the project will cost the city of Brookville significantly less as what was determined to be the lowest, and best bid, by Brumbaugh Construction of Arcanum came in at $471,571.

“They are a very reputable contractor,” Brookville City Manager John Wright said to Council when asking for approval of Brumbaugh’s bid.

The project will enable Provimi Foods to expand their operations in the Northbrook Industrial Park to consolidate operations currently under way in both Brookville and Lewisburg under one roof.

Most of the cost of the project will come from a $250,000 Montgomery County ED/GE grant the city obtained earlier this year.

In other action, Wright received permission to purchase a leaf vacuum system from Old Dominion Brush Co. of Richmond, Va. The unit will cost $31,680, with the city having budgeted $31,000 for the purchase of such a unit in 2011.

Wright received permission to not seek open bids for the purchase since Old Dominion Brush Co. is the only manufacturer of such a piece of equipment.

The leaf vacuum unit previously used by the city will be sold via auction, Wright said, though it may be used in conjunction with the new unit this fall.

Wright also announced that the city recently purchased several pieces of equipment for its SK8 Park from the Township of Bedminster, N.J. The slightly used equipment cost the city $525, and Wright said its actual worth might be in the neighborhood of $10,000.

Ron Fletcher was sworn-in at the Aug. 16th meeting as assistant fire chief. Fletcher, the assistant fire chief for the Englewood Fire Department as well, will assist current Fire Chief Jim Nickel during his transition to retirement in March.

Longtime editor of the Brookville Star newspaper, Jim Hoffman, was praised at the meeting as well. His tenure recently ended with the Brookville newspaper after 28 years of service.

“You will be greatly missed,” Brookville Mayor Dave Seagraves said.

Members of Brookville Council echoed Seagraves’ comments.

The next meeting of Brookville City Council will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Brookville Municipal Building, 301 Sycamore St.

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