COVID strikes again / outbreak leads to changes in demo of old Monroe fire station
A local company picked to demolish the City of Monroe s old Central Fire Station will no longer handle the job due to a COVID-19 outbreak among its employees.
City Council on Monday unanimously agreed to rescind a contract for the demolition that was originally awarded to Thomas Trucking Services, Inc. of Monroe, and instead award it to Salenbien Trucking & Excavating, Inc. of Dundee.
Thomas Trucking was the low bidder at $73,000 back in March when council initially decided who would demolish the building located on Scott St. But Salenbien was the second-lowest bidder at $75,000, and the company has agreed to honor the initial bid as it takes over the project and attempts to raze the old fire house by the original target date of June 30.
Cheswick Council is holding a special meeting Thursday night to address a vacancy on council.
“Pennsylvania law gives us a limited time frame in which we can appoint someone to fill that vacancy and the time period between when the vacancy occurred and our next regularly scheduled meeting was beyond that allotted time frame,” council President Michael Girardi said of the special meeting.
Council is looking to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of former Councilman Brian Testa.
The special meeting, along with all future council meetings, will be held at the borough fire hall at 1411 Spruce St. Thursday’s meeting starts at 7 p.m. In-person council meetings had been held at the borough building.