2025-552025-55
Requests For Qualifications For Professional Services Town Of Wappinger Wildwood
Sewer District Improvements
At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on January
27, 2025.
The meeting was called to order by Joseph D. Cavaccini, Town Supervisor, and upon roll
being called, the following was recorded:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2025-55
Yes/Aye
No/Nay
Abstain
Absent
2 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
Joseph D. Cavaccini
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Defeated
William H. Beale
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Tabled
Angela Bettina
Voter
Q
❑
❑
❑
❑ Withdrawn
Christopher Phillips
Seconder
Q
❑
❑
❑
Al Casella
Mover
Q
❑
❑
❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Casella and seconded by Councilman
Phillips.
WHEREAS, The Town of Wappinger is requesting qualifications from professional
engineers or firms licensed to practice professional engineering (RFQ) in the State of New York
to prepare designs, oversee construction and pursue funding for the design and construction of
improvements to the existing sewage collection system and the existing wastewater treatment
plant serving the Wildwood Wastewater Sewer District. The existing wastewater treatment
facility is located off New Hackensack Road in the Town of Wappinger and is reported to be on
the order of 50 years old. A recent modification to the SPDES permit for the facility proposes
lower ammonia and dissolved oxygen (DO) limits and will make it difficult for the existing
facility to consistently meet the proposed permit conditions; and
WHEREAS, this RFQ is intended to allow the Town of Wappinger to engage a qualified
consultant in accordance with an open solicitation process in accordance with Federal and State
requirements to enable professional services needed to be eligible for repayment using grant and
loan program funds. The selected consultant will be required to work collaboratively with the
existing project team and must be capable of assisting the Town with securing funding,
engineering, and construction phase services required for project implementation. The consultant
selected by this RFQ will be required to assist with the preparation of applications for, and
administration of Federal Community Grants, State Revolving Fund financing and WIIA grant
funding. Once funding is secured, the selected consultant will be required to provide the
professional engineering services needed to deliver a completed project.
WHEREAS, the RFQ to be advertised is attached hereto.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Wappinger
hereby authorizes its Town Clerk, Joseph Paoloni, to advertise the RFQ in accordance with the
Town's policies and procedures in the form and substance annexed hereto.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Al Casella, Councilman
SECONDER: Christopher Phillips, Councilman
AYES: Cavaccini, Beale, Bettina, Phillips, Casella
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
1/27/2025
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
JOSF,PI,I P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK