Colonie board approves appointments, contracts and senior-service agreements

The Town of Colonie approved a series of resolutions during its meeting covering personnel appointments, contracts and service agreements.

Personnel actions included a provisional promotion (Resolution 2011A) promoting Shane M. Brina to sewer treatment plant manager (DPW, Pure Waters) and permanent appointments for E. Tucker Edwards (sewer treatment plant operator) and Samuel J. Seaman (planner in the HELPS program). The board also appointed Renee A. Devarn as a clerical aid in the Justice Department and appointed Carrie Sleeman to the Conservation Advisory Council under Resolution 202 after rejecting a motion to postpone that appointment to the next meeting.

Contracts and procurement actions adopted included an agreement with Morris Fence LLC to furnish and install new post sleeves at the Michael J. Anson Memorial Pocket Park (Resolution 204), change order No. 2 with Anjo Construction Limited for improvements at the West Albany Memorial Park ice skating facility (Resolution 208), and an award to Flack Industries, Inc. for a sodium hypochlorite tank replacement at the Mohawk View water pollution control plant (Resolution 209). The board awarded a contract to Decker Group Northeast LLC for brick pavers at the Newtonville Park Environmental Center (Resolution 211). Several measures connected to senior services were adopted: an agreement with New York Statewide Senior Action Council, Inc. for health insurance counseling (Resolution 205) and a related agreement to publish informational articles in the senior resources monthly newsletter (Resolution 206).

During this sequence the board conducted routine roll-call voting for each resolution and recorded adoption of the listed matters on the record. The transcript records applause and brief acknowledgements when employees were present in the room. Specific dollar amounts, contract durations and fee schedules were not read into the record for most items and therefore are not specified in this summary.

What happens next: Departments named in each resolution (DPW, Planning & Economic Development, Senior Resources, Parks, and Code Enforcement) will complete the administrative steps required to execute contracts and onboard appointed staff. Where a contract change order or award was adopted, execution of the contract documents and vendor mobilization are the expected next steps.