Town Board Workshop
the town board workshop of May 21st, 2026. Uh up first will be Monroe County Department of Transportation on the Bay Road diet. So, please head up to the podium with us.
Yep.
Just introduce yourselves and have at it.
All right. Good evening, everybody. Dave Kubiak, Monroe County DOT. I'm the project manager for this Bay Road project in the town of Webster. The project primarily um milling and paving of Bay Road between uh Route 104 and Lake Road. That section spot curb replacements, mostly milling and paving. Part of the project, the new pavement surface we're proposing to restripe as a what we call a road diet, which is going to be basically taking the four lanes existing, the two lanes northbound, two lanes southbound, converting that to a three-lane section, single lane northbound, single lane southbound, two-way center turn lane, and wider shoulders on the outside. We've done this on a new number of roads throughout the county. It's a tried-and-true practice that the federal government also employs. Um depending on the traffic volumes, uh it's been proven to uh drastically reduce accidents anywhere from 19 to 47%. Reduces speeds anywhere from 3 to 5 mph. We've noticed a couple things on Bay Road. We had 45 accidents in our review period. Uh speeds, we just had the speed feedback signs up a couple weeks ago. Um We measure speeds in different ways. A lot of times we'll call it the 85th percentile speed. That's the speed that
85 % of vehicles on that road are going below. It's posted for 40 mph. We're seeing 49 mph for the 85th. We're also seeing pretty drastic speeding issues. The max speed we had in that 2-week period, we had 95 mph going northbound, 82 mph going southbound. So, we're really hoping to do this basically as a traffic calming measure. It's a basically the same It's a way to more efficiently move traffic. Basically, we got a single lane for driving in northbound, southbound, and a lane for turning. You're not getting into situations where there's a vehicle stopped in front of you waiting to turn left onto a side street, you're trying to swerve into the other lane causing sideswipes or rear-end accidents. So, um again, a number of different roads we've done it on. St. Paul was the St. Paul Boulevard around the court was the probably one of the earlier ones we did. Uh that was back in 2016. We did a follow-up study on that. Uh we found that um within the 3-year period right after we did that road diet, let's see on my notes here. Accidents I think were down 28% and then a few years after that they were down 81%. So, we really think it's a great way to calm traffic, make things a little more efficient, still move the same amount of volume. So, that's kind of what we're proposing to do. Um I guess I could open up to questions.
Henry, your time. I don't know if you guys have anything else to add that I missed. There's a lot of information, so I you know
Yeah, no. I I I I I thank you for that. Um I mean, obviously
Do you want me to go through some of the slides or
Yeah, that'd be great.
Okay. Henry, can you zoom in on 104 real quick and then
Sure.
So, this first slide you're going to see basically this is the 104 interchange, the north side of it. So, the bridge is right on the left side of your screen there. That's where the paving of the work is going to start. That's a signalized intersection. We are leaving the four-lane section at that spot. Um basically where the traffic signals are timed, helps us get a little bit more traffic through there. Uh we're going to start reducing it by the time you get to Brookwood Drive. There will be that section that's going to be the three-lane section. Again, with the 11-ft travel lanes in one in each direction and the 11-ft center turn lane and the wider shoulders. Uh that's going to continue all the way up till Lake Road basically. So, um this is on our website if you guys want to look at it um now or in the future. Um
Let's go to the other end.
Yeah, you can go to the other end too and uh Basically again, just carrying that turn lane up to Lake Road. It'll be a dedicated left turn lane at Lake Road. It'll serve the driveways as a two-way left turn lane. Uh again, getting those uh vehicles instead of being stopped in traffic waiting to turn left at risk of rear end or side swipes, they'll have their own dedicated turn lane. Um we did have a couple of accidents over time. I mentioned the 45 in the 3-year period. We did have two fatal accidents in the last 25 years. Uh one was specifically related to an issue where they were rear-ended waiting to turn left, shoved into oncoming traffic and on unfortunately um perished. That was back in 2004, I think. Um so again, in general we really think this is a the right way to do it with the shoulders. They also provide some opportunities for um you know, all users of the road, bikes, pedestrians. It provides space for Amazon trucks to pull over, provides space for um landscape companies, anybody to kind of get them out of the lane. Right now again, they're all stopped in that right-hand lane. Um also for some people that are in the right lane to try to go in the left lane, so um just a lot of unnecessary movements going on basically, so that we're trying to clean up, so.
Yeah, uh Councilman Wagner, anything from you?
I think we In the fall, we'd worked out a different plan and then that changed. When did you guys start working with the town again to change the plan?
I think it was in February. I think the supervisor reached out, uh kind of urged us to reconsider. Our original plan was this plan that we showed up here. We had shared that uh last year in the middle of 2025. Uh got some mixed reviews, some concerns, some vocal concerns, um what we consider I guess the vocal minority, kind of concerned about the volume of traffic getting in and out of driveways and side streets. Um when we talked to the supervisor back in February, he urged us to look at kind of really do a deep dive, see if the benefits of doing this road diet, like I mentioned about the accident reduction, speed reduction, overall safety, would outweigh some of those concerns. We took a hard look at it, got some more speed data, some traffic counts, and we thought it we thought it did it did do that, so we did go back to our original plan. Um shared that again with the public uh about a month ago, I think, too. Minimal feedback since we sent that follow-up uh distribution out, so.
How did you provide that feedback, the change?
With that
reached out to the public on the change back?
Yeah, I think it was April 20th we sent out a follow-up uh letter, basically sharing this plan as well, too, so.
To who?
Uh any of the residents on there and then any town officials. We posted on our Facebook and posted on our website, also.
I I I'm sorry. I don't recall getting it.
Yeah, did you share it with the town board?
Uh I'm not sure, specifically.
so.
Okay.
I was surprised to learn of the change as well.
Yeah, that's why we
in the car arguing that it was something different and it was not something different. It was something different than I actually thought. Um Um and
That's probably something we need to clean up on our end. When we do our public outreach normally, we kind of go town engineer, town supervisor, highway superintendent. We don't always get the entire town board, and that's on us and something we'll learn from in the future, I guess. So.
And the neighbors were notified, meaning only the neighbors that live right on Bay Road or everybody in that area?
Uh anyone with property adjoining the um Bay Road, yes.
Yeah, I think there was probably more people who had concerns who weren't directly adjoining. The all all of the subdivisions in that area wouldn't have the benefit or notification of that change and would probably be just as surprised as some of us were to learn of that change recently.
Yeah, it's it's a fine line we have to walk in terms of sending out hard copy mailers. You know, we can mail the whole town out, take me weeks and weeks to get them out. Um again, we try the website, Facebook, social media, um and sometimes word of mouth, you know, and uh
Well, I think some of the board's just question here not necessarily what's the right solution, just the lack of communication to the board of any change of there was a plan in the fall.
Mhm.
It sounds like Alex reaches out to you, the board wasn't told anything, and then we got an email that was a complete change. So, we're just trying to kind of follow the This is our first as Alex said, this is the first time any of us are hearing anything on this.
Well, I I mean I I notified you guys about a month or so ago when they did it that we would be having this workshop
You said we'd be having a workshop
Yeah, and that's that's also that's also partly on me. I could have I should have emailed you guys out sooner. I had had it in my draft inbox and just forgot to send, but here we are now and I mean the key town staff, we had buying from the highway department and Pat and the police department, spoke with West Webster fire and then the town engineer, community development, and um this basically the DPW of the town.
What can we do going forward, Alex, to help ensure a little better communication so things don't get lost?
Oh, I'm happy to update you guys on anything county-related. Anything that all involving the county will happily update you guys on.
Well, county, town, all related?
Yeah.
Yeah, this was a bit of a surprise [clears throat] to me also. So. It really we didn't have an opportunity to really digest, have any correspondence with you as to why the change. Is the change locked in? Can we go back to what we had agreed upon pre- previously? We had no interaction, no opportunity, and here we are. This is what we're going to do. And you're going to have to live with it.
You know, we try to look out for the best interest in the public. And again, our communication is is primarily towards those individuals that I said. It doesn't always go to other town boards. It's not anything specific to Webster. That's something we [clears throat and cough] can do in the future. We've kind of relied on those key town staff to distribute as needed. Um we did use the same mailing addresses for the residents that we used the first time around, too. So, um certainly word got out. Um
Your postcard didn't just go to the neighbors of Webster.
No, Tony Tony, I'm sorry. It's It's Tony. Tony, I'm I'm sorry. He is addressing the board.
[snorts]
Yeah, no, you guys more just got caught in the middle of a communication breakdown. We're like, you guys are doing stuff. The board wasn't informed, and now here we are of like Yes. Very last minute. No room for input. No, you know. And that's just our concern. If has there been enough resident input and interaction and with this you know, it's hard to say one way or the other cuz now here we are.
Right. Understood. It can be tricky. And again, we had the open house last year. We had mixed feedback, some vocal opposition, some vocal support. We felt like again, this is in the best interest of public safety, and that's the way we want to go. Um based on our professional judgment, I guess.
the width of the shoulder right now?
Two to three ft
Yeah, it's teeny tiny.
It's a little tiny guy. And I'm I'm a Webster resident and I drive through there quite a bit. I see people walking their dogs, trying to ride bikes. It's It makes me a little nervous driving through there. But uh
And uh Josh, how much do we get complaining about speeding on Bay Road?
Uh quite frequently. That's one of the most complained about speeding roads [snorts] in town.
Yeah, I think we need to look at the positive that this is you know, there's not much we can do for a lot, but this is an actual tangible thing we can do for the town. It makes the road safer and curb speeding and it reduce the accidents. And you said St. Paul, that has greater traffic volume than
That's a little bit less. We've done other roads too. Brighton-Henrietta Town Line Road, Elmwood Avenue, uh Culver Road got done last year. Culver had I think greater traffic than this. Elmwood I think was similar. Brighton-Henrietta Town Line was also similar. So Traffic volume has really died down on Bay Road once you get north of like um Is it Bay Meadow, Sunning-Sunningdale Rise? So um up in that section it's it's it's um pretty sparse. Even in that southern section to 104, it's still a great great candidate for a road diet.
What what was the key drivers in the prior path of doing part of it?
Uh I'll say maybe overall compromise. I think we had some vocal opposition. There was news in the articles in the Webster Herald from the prospective supervisor, a few other individuals. Um we felt like in order to, you know, try to appease everyone, that's kind of the way we went. Um once we got a little bit more vocal support from the town, um we opted back for our original um uh layout.
Who owns the road?
County.
Okay. So you're your statement is 100% right. It was a compromise. Which is why I have a bit of an issue because that's what the board at the time we talked about it. That's a compromise that was was worked out and one person turned that around with no board input. That's my only issue and to Garrett's point, you're stuck in the middle. You're doing your job, so I appreciate it.
Yeah, at this point it is what it is. Like it could be good for Webster, could be bad for Webster. It was just an unfortunate situation where it wasn't handled the right way to get the full community and board input so we're all aligned. That's something that's important.
I'm less concerned about the board and more concerned about the residents because the residents that had the vocal opposition were the ones who go to work coming out of Sunningdale Rise and are traveling from that
[clears throat]
um area to the expressway who were concerned about the movement of traffic which was why that compromise came in the first place and so basically the people who did have the most opposition weren't informed of the change either. I I have seen some comments on Facebook and it's it's it's discouraging because you just see disparaging comments about the town. It's a county road, but they you know, they look at it as the town.
Mhm.
A lot of people don't really understand the difference.
post about anything that didn't have disparaging comments in some way. I mean, it's it's hard to please everyone again. We're trying to do what's best for those people knowing that they have basically one lane of opposition opposing traffic instead of two to make those turns does make it a little bit easier to get in and out. I'm not going to say there's not going to be a few seconds extra they might need to wait. Depends on the time. That's the trade-off with that [snorts] 19 to 47% accident reduction. Now, I mean, I'd rather
Overall, it's also just the the we missed the opportunity to help explain to those people what's going on. If this is the path we're going to go, we now missed the chance to proactively say, "Hey, here's what we're doing. Here's why we changed our mind. Here's why we changed our path. Help you feel better about it." And and engage with those residents. We skipped that whole process and went right to We're doing something different. And
It just doesn't feel good. That's all. I I understand we're doing it. It just doesn't feel right, and I guess I have to take my words back when you say the town board has very little influence in things. I guess we have a lot of influence in things cuz we just changed it like that.
Yeah.
So. So, there's that.
There's that. All right. So, you you don't plow that road, correct, in the wintertime?
No, we contract the town to do it.
Okay, then with the road reduction, there's no change in the contract, right?
No.
Well, there's no change in the contract where we still plow the entirety from
Right.
the grass to the grass, but you only get paid for two lanes versus the three lanes cuz there's only two lanes now, or you get paid for three instead of four.
Four. That's my question.
Pat, do you want to answer this one since this is your exact area?
Uh Hi.
[laughter]
Wasn't scheduled to be a part of this, but here I am.
Hello.
Hi.
Welcome. Please state your name for the record.
Yeah.
Patrick
Stevens, Highway Department. Um correct. Uh reduction in lanes is a reduction in revenue along this stretch of road, uh which is But, um there's a per lane mile price based on a 3-year average of the actual amount that we've spent, and overall, the total dollar amount for a reduction like this is not significant in comparison to the overall budget uh that the town is compensated for for plowing the roads within the town. Um to the tune of uh my estimates putting this together was between 5 and 10,000 dollars annually in reduction on a approximately $450,000 a year revenue stream.
Okay. How did I know you would come to this meeting prepared?
[laughter]
I [snorts] I have answered these questions to uh multiple supervisors.
I appreciate that.
Yeah, I appreciate it, Pat.
What would a timeline look like on the project? And and what would be the actual impact to the residents in the area, me being one of them?
In terms of like uh under construction?
Yeah, that can when the construction starts.
We have a contractor. We We went out to bid for this job, basically got competitive bids. Our contractor is Keeler Construction. They're looking to start uh right in the middle of June. It's about a five or six-week project from doing the curb, milling and paving, getting everything out of there. So, it's fairly quick um compared to some longer-term jobs that take one to two seasons, you know, like a Lake Road or something where we were doing a little bit more uh intense uh reconstruction.
I appreciate that.
So, you think start early June and about 6 weeks to do the whole thing?
Correct. The schedule right now is June 15th start, basically finish up the first week in August with punch list stuff. So. Weather dependent.
Yeah.
I think we got our fill of rain for the year, so.
[laughter]
Don't count your chickens.
It could be raining outside now, who knows?
They keep saying it's going to rain this week.
It hasn't.
But
All right. Thank you, gentlemen, so much for your time.
Cool.
Thank you.
Thanks, everybody.
Thanks.
Up next, we have a presentation by Chief Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Rick Canelli and Assistant uh Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Dwayne uh Oh my god. Hiscock? His- Higgins? Hiscock. figure. That's it. Sorry.
Unbelievable, Alan.
I'm Look, I'm all over the place today. On the updated schedule of the current project timeline on the treatment plant construction. Now, as most of the board is aware and the for anyone in the audience, there is the We're We are behind schedule. So, we thought it was appropriate for Rick and Dwayne to give us an update on what the actual construction timeline looks like right now. And thank you, John, for being the super liaison for getting this off the ground and moving forward so that we can all be aware of this exciting project that's almost done. So, Rick, take it away.
Yeah, this is PDF not the PowerPoint. Is there a Or we can just go through this then. That third one down. Oh, that's September 19th. I saw them. Today's date. Oh, I saw it for September 19th. I thought that was 24.
These screens are going a little
Oh, is it not just mine?
Wacky.
No, all of them. Okay.
I think [clears throat] it's the cable down there.
Where's the cable?
What's the cable?
Oh, Mark.
Is that Mark?
Mark.
Hey, Mark. Can you fix the monitors again?
Nope, they're there.
They're back.
They're They're going out. Mark, just keep an eye on it.
Is somebody rolling over the cable?
Cuz Mark, didn't you figure that out last time what that was?
Yeah, there was uh
Was that me?
That could be.
Oh, sorry. Tell me what to do.
Yeah, let me just get under there and see which one it is now. Let me get out of your way here. You know, are they all on now?
They're all on now, but they were flaking out of 30 seconds ago.
So, we'll leave it to the sewer department.
All good?
Perfect.
I'm in the
For now. We'll let you know if there are changes.
[clears throat]
All right. Well, thank you. Um again, uh chief operator at the wastewater treatment plant and I'm accompanied by the assistant chief operator Dwayne Hill Fiker and um actually uh councilman K. Hilly requested this and it's probably overdue. I mean, this project's been going on for a bit and um I know we briefly update here and there, but I think a little more comprehensive update was uh warranted. So, appreciate that. So, little project history. Um this in the original PER came out in July of '21. We had the project design kickoff in March of '22, uh almost a year later. We completed design in 2022. Actually, then I didn't want to say completed, but it was about 60% and then we had the uh Fairlife uh conversation started. And what was unique about our project was we were able to continue design uh up to 90 to 100%, but also design for the potential of Fairlife coming.
And I think that was one of the key factors why they selected here was we were able to design for them and meet their capacity needs. So, we started construction in June of '23. Uh completed the the design package uh number one in November of '23 and then the design package two for Fairlife was designed and finalized in May of '24. And we told them we would be ready for their um what they were requesting was August of '25 to be ready to accept their waste. Um we did meet that commitment date and looking for final completion of construction was July 9th. It has been pushed another month because we had added some items out of contingency that were value engineered out, but we saw that the savings through the project were able to complete some extra items that were not in the original design. So a couple of main parts of this factors of this project and they're what the proposed deadline was or schedule dates and kind of how the project is matched up to those dates. So one of the main functions aeration control and blowers which is the main heart of the plant and we needed to upgrade that system for fair life.
The control system which is diffusers and DO probes was proposed for October 25th. That was completed in February of 26.
Reduces power consumption and actually increase capacity and helps compliance with our permit.
One of those factors and then the aeration blowers they were supposed to be June of 25 placed in service April 26. Big issue with the aeration blowers was these were designed and manufactured overseas. They were shipped barge or freight liner across. And when they got here they were the wrong models. They were off by one letter which meant they were designed to be liquid cooled and our whole setup was for air cooled. So there was a lot of back and forth and they finally decided they came here and retrofitted it which was one of the big delays on that and we finally got that completed and they're up and running. But one of the big things about that is we have been failing our ammonias for years and one of the big drivers of this project was to be in compliance with the DEC. And immediately as soon as this went online, um our limit is 13 mg per liter and we were continually failing that. Uh since we've got these online, we are
averaging somewhere around 1 mg per liter of ammonia. Um actually, last month was 1.2 mg and we were failing a 13 mg. So, it was a huge uh benefit to us. The dryer and dewatering, which was another uh driving factor this with the landfill cost, the um dryer or the dewatering um BDP belt press was supposed to be online in uh May of '25. It went online in went online in November of '25. Um it helps with our processing of our solids and it feeds the new dryer. The dryer um were supposed to be completed in May of '26, I'm sorry, January of '26 and that was completed in May with some testing, but then So, what I'm understanding with this, it's almost like when you buy a new car and it's the first model out and you have to work the kinks out. This is not a new model, but what Griffin continues to learn from the other installations is they have to continue to add things and make it better. So, we're still finding some new parts. So, there are some sensors that we've been having troubles with. Um we've been running some solids through it, seeing great production, but it's not a consistent right now. Um they're work actually, we're working on it today. So, hopefully we're going to get that going. And then we will find a a home for our biosolids, which will be
a class A fertilizer. Septage uh equalization tank, which we will be taking in outside waste, which will um be a variety of septage, fecal increases from restaurants, and high-strength waste from Fairlife or similar dairy producing facilities. Um one of the main players will be Fairlife. So, equalization was um supposed to be March of '25. It came on in March of '26 and the high-strength EQ tank was supposed to be June of 25 and that was February of 26. And a lot of that had to do with um the it's called the Beast. It's what will process a lot of the uh septage stuff that has a lot of um not um undesirable stuff in in the waste, not like the dairy waste. So it's it's a front line of defense for us. Well, that was really it was a lag time on the production of that and delivery. So some of these factors that would be part of that train, we decided to put off and we concentrated on other items, especially like getting the stuff done for Fairlife. But the high strength waste receiving and transfer was supposed to be in June. We're actually um been putting it in service recently. We run some solids through it and uh and what would be nice about that, we have been able to take in some Fairlife waste
and we brought in for the last 3 months of 25 about uh $50,000 in revenue. 2026 in the first 4 months we brought in 37,000 and within the next month we'll be taking in approximately $96,000 a month. Uh we'll be uh ramping up to about 60,000 gallons a day, which will equate to another about $670,000 for the final 7 months of the year. Um so a little under budget because we were a little late getting into it, but I think we under budgeted some of their Fairlife flow that was coming to us and we'll be over budget in that. So uh I think we'll be pretty close to our budget, which is nice to even though we weren't taking a lot in the beginning of the month. Ferric chloride tanks were supposed to be in October 25. They are now being putting in June of 26. Another piece that was put off because we wanted to really concentrate
[cough]
on Fairlife. We had to upsize the uh return activated sludge pump uh pump discharge lines and this was due to the uh due to the Fairlife with the extra flow that they would be bringing in. And I'm going to pass it over to my assistant.
Uh new systems in service. The administration building and lab. The administration uh, building has boosted morale with the employees. The operators love the new ELAP certified lab. Hopefully it shines a positive light on our upcoming Department of Health inspection.
Yeah, we actually the last inspection we have is what? Every 2 years?
Yes.
Um, did it go out again?
It but it came back on.
Okay. Um, we have that inspection to keep our ELAP certification doing all our testing, most of our testing in-house. And um, the last one was done in the temporary lab that we had to build while we upgraded the uh, administration building and the lab. So, hopefully that will be a lot more pleasant for our inspector.
Yeah, the inspector had to deal with the uh, the jackhammering and all the dust and debris in a supposed clean room. So, yeah, it was it was pretty rough.
Yeah.
Um, have a underground electric service. Uh, it was an overhead service that was uh, susceptible to wind damage. Uh, influence screens and grit removal. We're seeing more debris captured with less water going out to the landfill and saving on energy costs because it doesn't run 24/7 like the old one did. Primary clarifiers and primary sludge pumps. The new digester which is producing a steady methane gas flow. Digester boiler and heat exchangers which is about ready to be switched to methane. Flare and gas safety system, gravity thickeners. The main goal here was to make sure that we were ready for Fairlife by August 2025. So, some of the previous things Rick had mentioned were delayed, so some of these items could be finished to meet Fairlife the Fairlife deadline. Uh, many the liquid handling side of the treatment process.
And that's it. Any questions? All right. Nick, you want to kick us off with questions?
Um, so you said finish in August is the goal?
Yeah.
Okay.
Not the goal, the
That's what the date
That is what happening.
Love it.
[snorts]
I I think nice work. Thank you very much. Thank you for the presentation.
All right, John, you're up.
Well, Rick, Dwayne, thank you for coming and getting us up to date. I don't really have any questions other other than to say that if any board member has an opportunity to take a tour with Dwayne or Rick of that dryer building, I highly encourage it because it is absolutely amazing what is being done from the solids to it going through the dryer, removing all the liquids and saving us hundreds of thousands of dollars in in fees to take it to the landfill. So, I I'm very impressed with what has been done down there, what is ongoing. And I've had the opportunity to um attend some of the the coordination meetings, the owners' meetings, and then the major coordination meetings start at 9:00 on Tuesdays with all the uh subcontractors. And a project of this magnitude with so many moving parts and pieces, um that meeting in it of itself is so important to find out what happened, what's next, who has to look at what.
Please, you got plumbers, electricians, HVAC. There's so much going on. I can't stress the importance of that meeting. And as well [clears throat] you know, Rick and Dwayne, but you know, you guys are doing a heck of a job out there, especially with the magnitude of this project. And um I commend you and your entire team.
Thank you.
Yeah.
And it is a great team.
It is a great team.
Mhm.
Yeah, you guys are part of that team.
And you guys are part of that team by the way, too. I'm not sucking up.
[laughter]
This is I don't know if this is related or not, but or maybe maybe it's more appropriate that I ask it when we get into the town board meeting, but you had I think it was Adam that looked at the Vosper pump.
Yep, the spec book and drawings for the Vosper pump station.
Did you get answers from MRB on those questions?
Adam, I think Adam reached back out. I think he got the answers, but
Okay. Yeah, cuz that those those questions are going to Those answers are going to be very important before the RFP goes out.
did a very good job on that.
Yes, he did. He sure did.
I do encourage anyone to take a tour of there. It's pretty freaking incredible.
I haven't been there in a while, so I guess I need to get back over there and come visit.
know where it is.
I know right where it is.
It's much better than when we
[laughter]
at the first time.
It's better than when we had to do it in December when we first when Nick Garrett and I did our first tours of it in the freezing snow as we're walking through. It's much nicer this time of year.
True.
Councilwoman, any questions?
No questions. I think for the most part it sounds like the schedule might have moved 6 months and in some cases a year, which seems like a lot, but then you think about the size of the project and the kind of modifications that had to happen for Fairlife and trying to keep with Fairlife schedule in addition to our own schedule that is as Councilman Cahill said, no small feat. So, I think it's fantastic. It's a great revenue opportunity for the town and and could continue to grow with other rev- revenue opportunities in the future, depending on how things go.
And just to touch on that as anybody in the industry construction knows that there's delays on equipment, especially specialized equipment in the wastewater industry. When you're having it built over in Germany or something like that, you know, you're you're a prisoner to how they can get the equipment to you in a timely manner. And hopefully they get you the right equipment.
Yeah, that's
Yeah, that's the killer right there.
[snorts]
You put your master schedule together based upon when the components are going to arrive, and then you wait 6 months, and they arrive and they're wrong. It's just not good.
And we had to run a plant, too, during all this, so.
I'm going to leave that one alone.
Councilman Wagner?
Do you think you might have any more additional add-ons from the left contingency?
Uh yes, and I and obviously it would run, you know.
Yeah, but there should be a few more of those that we try and
Yeah, I mean it yeah, if not, it'll just be a change order on and
Yeah.
reduce the cost that we have to bond for, but if we can and it's already kind of
Correct.
Like I said, we pulled a lot out trying to maintain the cost of this project, and if we can get them in and get things done, and, you know, set the plan up for the future where you kind of pretty much um not emergency maintenance, just uh
Correct. But I agree with you. You did the right move. You pulled stuff off, you saved money, and now you're at the point where, okay, we've got a little savings to turn into some key things that we now know, 18 months in,
Yeah.
this is better than that, this is better than that. What do we want to do?
We'll get a clearer view probably in the next month or so if we need to go that route, and we'll come out with some other presentation on that.
That'll be great. Thank you.
Would the paving be part of that contingency, or that's already factored in?
That was already factored in.
Okay. All right.
That's all I have. Thank you guys.
Thank you, gentlemen, so much. Um with that, that concludes our workshop for May 21st. We will begin at 7:30 with the town board meeting.