Council to award bid for River Street Pump Station upgrades

posted on 7/7/2023

The City Council will hold two public hearings at its Wednesday, July 12 meeting.

Both public hearings are on pending administrative code changes that would move the Division of Inspection Services from under the direction of the Fire and Rescue Department to the Planning and Community Development Department. City Manager J. Michael Joyal Jr., discussed his plan of moving Inspection Services back under the Planning Department, as it was prior to 2008, at a June 7 workshop, available here. Experience has shown that much of the workflow of the city’s inspections department dovetails with investigations, reviews, and approvals by the Planning and Community Development Department.

As of now, Inspection Services' office will remain at Liberty North End Fire Station but is expected to move to the public works facility on Mast Road when that space is expanded.

The Council is also expected to award the bid for the River Street Pump Station upgrade to Waterline Industries Corporation of Seabrook for a cost not to exceed $8,907,177. The city qualified for an $8.2 million New Hampshire Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund to complete the renovations of the 30-year-old station that pumps 80% of the city's wastewater to the water treatment plant on Middle Road. A companion resolution would authorize construction oversight to Wright-Pierce for a cost not to exceed $950,500. The city contracted with Wright-Pierce to design the upgrades to the pump station.

Also on the agenda:

• Declaring the First Settlers Cemetery on Dover Point Road as abandoned, as the city's attempts to suspected heirs of past owners have not been successful. Once abandoned, it will become a municipal cemetery.
• Authorizing and funding The Horsely Whitten Group, Inc., for construction administration services for the waterfront construction phase for a cost not to exceed $523,335. The scope of work includes environmental monitoring, PCB and lead remediation oversight, remedial action implementation reporting, and park building design and subdivision plan services. The city has contracted with the consultant to help design the public park and public improvements to the waterfront.

Click here for the complete agenda.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in City Hall's Council Chambers. It will be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.