MONROE - During a meeting Monday, the City of Monroe Board of Public Works:
• Accepted nine bids and recommended to Council to award a contract for replacement of water mains around the Square to E&N Hughes, Monroe, for $184,264.10. Other bids ranged from $535,901 (Iowa Grant Trucking, Livingston) to $197,619 (Outside Plumbing, Janesville). Fehr-Graham & Associates, overseeing the Square design and reconstruction, estimated the water main project would cost about $223,000.
• Authorized Wastewater Treatment Plant Director Jerry Ellefson to purchase a replacement Unit Heater No. 50-1, in the amount of $4,441. The new heater will replace a 25-year-old unit. The purchase was budgeted.
• Received an update on the electronic waste (e-waste) collection. The e-waste recycling will cost the city 35 cents per pound.
• Authorized Street Supervisor Tom Boll to seek quotes for a floor scale and two table-top scales for use with the e-waste collection program.
• Authorized Boll to join the city with the WISDOT for salt bids.
• Approved for payment bills in the amounts of $550 from Ramaker & Associates for swimming pool slide inspection; $402 from Fehr-Graham & Associates for asbestos inspection in city hall; $12,138.43 from Irv's Masonry for work closing and filling in coal bins on the Square.
• Tabled a review of quotes for the purchase of a new endloader.
• Postponed a discussion on procedures for accepting bids and awarding contracts.
• Accepted nine bids and recommended to Council to award a contract for replacement of water mains around the Square to E&N Hughes, Monroe, for $184,264.10. Other bids ranged from $535,901 (Iowa Grant Trucking, Livingston) to $197,619 (Outside Plumbing, Janesville). Fehr-Graham & Associates, overseeing the Square design and reconstruction, estimated the water main project would cost about $223,000.
• Authorized Wastewater Treatment Plant Director Jerry Ellefson to purchase a replacement Unit Heater No. 50-1, in the amount of $4,441. The new heater will replace a 25-year-old unit. The purchase was budgeted.
• Received an update on the electronic waste (e-waste) collection. The e-waste recycling will cost the city 35 cents per pound.
• Authorized Street Supervisor Tom Boll to seek quotes for a floor scale and two table-top scales for use with the e-waste collection program.
• Authorized Boll to join the city with the WISDOT for salt bids.
• Approved for payment bills in the amounts of $550 from Ramaker & Associates for swimming pool slide inspection; $402 from Fehr-Graham & Associates for asbestos inspection in city hall; $12,138.43 from Irv's Masonry for work closing and filling in coal bins on the Square.
• Tabled a review of quotes for the purchase of a new endloader.
• Postponed a discussion on procedures for accepting bids and awarding contracts.