91-26 Resolution Authorizing Payment for 2024 Tree Planting.pdf

91-26 March 3, 2026 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SERVICES FOR TREE PLANTING AS BID IN THE 2024 TREE PLANTING AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange, ("Township") has received an invoice from Frank Galbraith & Son Excavation and Demolition LLC (“FGS”) in connection with FGS’s contract (“Contract”) with the Township of West Orange (“Township”) pursuant to which FGS agreed to perform work on the project known as 2024 Tree Planting at Various Locations (“Project”); and WHEREAS, in October 2024, the Township issued a set of bid specifications for a proposed contract for the purchase and planting of 248 trees and purchase and installment of 57 tree barriers; and WHEREAS, the bid documents specified that these were estimated quantities, and that “[i]f a greater . . . amount of the various classes given in the estimated amounts for bidding is required to complete the work,” the contractor will be paid “on the actual amount of Work performed at his unit price bid” as set forth in the Instructions to Bidders, §B-11; and WHEREAS, the Contract similarly states that “[t]he quantities shown are approximate only, and the Township reserves the right to increase or decrease them, at the unit price bid,” and that [p]ayment will be made for the actual quantity of authorized work done under each item scheduled in the Proposal” as set forth in the Contract, § C-54; and WHEREAS during the course of the performance of the Contract, the Township Forester directed FGS to purchase and install a total of 285 trees, as more trees were needed to complete the Contract; and WHERAS, at the direction of the Township’s authorized representatives, FGS installed 285 trees, exceeding the Contract’s estimated quantities by 37 trees; and WHEREAS, thereafter directed that FGS submit two separate requests for payment – first, an invoice for the estimated quantities set forth in the bid documents (248 trees, 57 root barriers), followed by a separate request for payment for the additional quantities installed by FGS at the direction of the Township’s representatives; and WHEREAS, FGC has submitted an invoice in the amount of $16,187.50 for the planting of 37 additional trees within the Township; and WHEREAS, the Township has reviewed the invoice and confirmed that the tree planting services were satisfactorily completed in accordance with the specifications outlined in the

ithin the Township; and WHEREAS, the Township has reviewed the invoice and confirmed that the tree planting services were satisfactorily completed in accordance with the specifications outlined in the Contract; and WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent, Business Administrator and Chief Financial Officer have certified that sufficient funds are available in the Budget Account to pay this invoice; and