CLARKSBURG, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday awarded the contract for paving and drainage improvements on south Middle Road. 

 

Rifenburg Construction Inc. of Troy, N.Y., had the winning bid of $1,142,420. 

 

The other four bids were Clayton G. Davenport Trucking of Greenfield, $1,373,700; Palmer Paving of Brewster, N.Y., $1,193,983; Warner Bros. of Sunderland, $1,280,782.50; and J.H. Maxymillian Inc. of Pittsfield, $1,470,056.

 

The estimate for the project was $1,113,165. Bids were opened on June 15 for review. 

 

The town received a $1 million MassWorks grant last fall to address resurfacing and drainage from the Four Corners south to the town line. A couple years ago, another MassWorks grant provided funding to redo Middle Road from River Road to Wood Road. 

 

The work will cover 3,950 feet, or about three-quarters of a mile. 

 

Bidding documents anticipated a start date near the end of July.

 

"Our highway superintendent is working with them on a timeline of when to get started on that, and we will let everyone know when we have future updates on that," said Chair Daniel Haskins.

 

The board on Monday also formally changed Amber Holland's title to assessor and town clerk. Holland was hired as town clerk in March, with the additional duties of assessor's clerk. The assessor has since left, and Holland will step into her place on the Board of Assessors and sworn in that night by Moderator Seth Alexander, who is also a Select Board member. 

 

Also approved was changing the treasurer/tax collector position from hourly rate to salary. Haskins abstained from discussion and voting as his wife, Kelly Haskins, currently occupies the post.  

 

In other business, the board approved cemetery lots to Deborah A. Calnan and to Tracy and Ronald T. Pierce.