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175-12 September 11, 2012 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange entered into a contract with Conquest Industries, Inc. having its principal place of business at 32 Woodland Avenue, Westwood, New Jersey for Downtown West Orange Streetscape and Traffic Improvements in the amount of $1,549,696.25 as awarded by a Resolution of the Township Council No. 50-11 dated March 8, 2011 for the base bid and two alternate bids; and WHEREAS, these improvements are funded by a Federal Earmark Grant in the amount of $2,015,777 which is administered by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT); and WHEREAS, the Bid Documents and Contract required Conquest Industries to complete all improvements by October 29, 2011 which was 180 days from the commencement of construction on May 2, 2011; and WHEREAS, the contract period was extended 30 days by Change Order No. 1 to November 28, 2011 to account for additional time to reconstruct the culvert in front of Our Lady of Lourdes Church; and WHEREAS, on Labor Day 2012, September 3, 2012, the project was not complete; and WHEREAS, for the Township to be reimbursed for eligible project costs by the NJDOT work must be performed within the contract time approved by the contracting agency (Township of West Orange); and WHEREAS, for the purpose of filing invoices with the NJDOT for reimbursement of eligible project costs, the Township, its consultant, Birdsall Services Group, and Conquest Industries, LLC agreed to a contract time extension to October 31, 2012 or an additional 338 days from the adjusted contract time of November 28,2011; and WHEREAS, the contract time must be approved by Change Order; and WHEREAS, Change Order No. 3 extends the contract time to October 31, 2012 from November 29, 2011 or an additional 338 days; and WHEREAS, the Township Council concurs with the extension of the contract time to October 31, 2012 strictly for the purpose of receiving reimbursement for eligible project costs