Vernon Landslide Repairs, Labor Contract Savings and More Baldwin Boro News

Vernon Landslide Costs Borough $462K

When it’s all said and done, Baldwin Borough will pay Plavchak Construction, of Jefferson Hills Borough, $462,000 to repair a landslide that occurred on Vernon Avenue in the spring of 2011, according to Baldwin's engineer Larry Souleret.

Due to difficulty handling utility lines in the area, workers have had to push back their completion date on Vernon to the end of September 2012.

"We're finally wrapping it up," Souleret said during Tuesday night's Baldwin Council meeting.

New Labor Contract

A switch in health care providers from Highmark to UPMC for Baldwin Borough's construction, general labor and material handlers workers should save Baldwin "six figures," according to borough Manager John Barrett.

The Baldwin Council unanimously approved a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday with the workers from Local Union No. 1058 of the AFL-CIO that will last through 2017. 

"We have agreed in principle to everything," Barrett said in an interview after the meeting, "but need to have the contract drawn up and signed. It could take a few weeks to get language acceptable to both sides, but we have all agreed to the general principles."

New Guardrail Along Joseph Street

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