• Approved payment of bills in the amounts of $1,253.75 from Fehr-Graham & Associates for Walmart utility inspections; $4,700.25 from Whitney Tree Service for tree removal and trim; $3,335.84 from Green Valley Disposal for April recycling; $4527.24 from Irv's Concrete for sealing coal bins on the Square reconstruction project; $4,034 from Ekum Abstract & Title, Inc. for 8th/9th Street right of way plat.
• Discussed and recommended to Finance & Taxation Committee to approve an acquisition capability statement for the 8th/9th Street project.
• Discussed possible overtime needs for the downtown streetscape project contract with E & N Hughes. The general contractor believes overtime will be necessary, and the biggest concern is pouring concrete in cold and rainy weather, according to Public Works Director Kelly Finkenbinder.
• Reviewed four quotes and authorized the purchase of a plow for the Street Department endloader, at a cost of $16,350 from Miller Bradford and Risberg, Madison. The items was budgeted. Alderman Neal Hunter abstained from the discussion and vote.
• Reviewed quotes and authorized purchase of two insulated overhead garage doors for Street Department garage, at a cost of $5,120 from Bruni Miller. The items were budgeted.
• Heard an update on the DOT salt bid. Street Department Supervisor Tom Boll said the city can buy its road salt through the DOT at a cost of $67.03 per ton, delivered. Boll ordered 1,300 tons. Boll said about four or five tons are left from last winter. Last year, the city paid about $120 per ton.
• Reviewed proposals for Virginia Graeme Baker Act swimming pool compliance and recommend to council to hire Badger Pool Inc. Cudahy, for $19,660. The cost was not budgeted, because the city was not notified until December 2008 of the new federal law, which set new safety standards for submerged suction inlets. The pool will be drained in September or October for the work to be done.
• Reviewed and recommended to council to approve the Waste Water Treatment Plant 2008 Compliance Maintenance Annual Report. The city received a grade point of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale. Two categories, biosolids management and collection system, pulled the rate down below its otherwise 4.0.Aldermen Mark Coplien and Thurston Hanson were absent.
- Tere Dunlap
• Discussed and recommended to Finance & Taxation Committee to approve an acquisition capability statement for the 8th/9th Street project.
• Discussed possible overtime needs for the downtown streetscape project contract with E & N Hughes. The general contractor believes overtime will be necessary, and the biggest concern is pouring concrete in cold and rainy weather, according to Public Works Director Kelly Finkenbinder.
• Reviewed four quotes and authorized the purchase of a plow for the Street Department endloader, at a cost of $16,350 from Miller Bradford and Risberg, Madison. The items was budgeted. Alderman Neal Hunter abstained from the discussion and vote.
• Reviewed quotes and authorized purchase of two insulated overhead garage doors for Street Department garage, at a cost of $5,120 from Bruni Miller. The items were budgeted.
• Heard an update on the DOT salt bid. Street Department Supervisor Tom Boll said the city can buy its road salt through the DOT at a cost of $67.03 per ton, delivered. Boll ordered 1,300 tons. Boll said about four or five tons are left from last winter. Last year, the city paid about $120 per ton.
• Reviewed proposals for Virginia Graeme Baker Act swimming pool compliance and recommend to council to hire Badger Pool Inc. Cudahy, for $19,660. The cost was not budgeted, because the city was not notified until December 2008 of the new federal law, which set new safety standards for submerged suction inlets. The pool will be drained in September or October for the work to be done.
• Reviewed and recommended to council to approve the Waste Water Treatment Plant 2008 Compliance Maintenance Annual Report. The city received a grade point of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale. Two categories, biosolids management and collection system, pulled the rate down below its otherwise 4.0.Aldermen Mark Coplien and Thurston Hanson were absent.
- Tere Dunlap