By Amy Batista, Special Writer
BORDENTOWN CITY — The commissioners unanimously approved a resolution to contract for emergency repairs to the main electrical service at the water treatment plant at their July 14 meeting.
"The City of Bordentown was advised by Remington and Vernick Engineers and Affiliates that an imminent emergency exists at the water treatment plant," said Mayor Joseph Malone as he read the resolution. "Whereby an inspection of the electrical systems for the city’s water treatment plant and water supply wells raised concerns."
Lightning strikes and other problems have affected the electrical service, he said. An inspection of the main electrical components, service conduits, and conductors that feed electrical power to the plant and wells resulted in a recommendation to initiate upgrades and improvements on an emergent basis, according to the resolution.
A contract has been awarded to D’Angelo Electric Inc. in the sum of $170,000, he added.
In other news, the topic of energy aggregation was raised during the meeting and Mayor Malone asked for input from public.
"To be perfectly honest with you, I am not an expert in energy aggregation but what I would like to do is maybe the three of us (commissioners) could have a conversation with Rick at the sewer authority who has been very instrumental in this with getting us some very incredible prices for electricity and also John Moynihan who is a (Bordentown) Township committeeman who has a lot of knowledge and I would appreciate any local resident who has any knowledge about aggregation and the pros and cons of it especially on the residential side of it," Mayor Malone said.
He noted he didn’t want to "get into this thing without a full discussion with the public."
"Potentially they were talking in the area of 8 to 10 percent savings," he said. "I just need to know more and have a better understanding."
In other news, the commissioners approved a resolution to purchase two tasers from Taser International of Scottsdale, Arizona for a total of $7,111.08, according to resolution 2014-90.
"We are buying two (tasers)," said Deputy Mayor James Lynch. "Two officers will be trained in the department. Not everybody can use these. It’s very, very controlled on what we are going to do with these things."
He noted that there will be cameras.
"So if any officer uses it, it will be on film," he said. "It comes with the warranties, the training and complete package."

