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MONROE - In a meeting Monday, the City of Monroe Board of Public Works:

- Approved bills from Whitney Tree Service, Monroe, for $5,930 for tree removal and trimming and from Veolia Environmental Services for $1,330 for recycling.

- Recommended to the council to hire Town & Country Engineering, Inc. to perform construction inspection services for the Lakeside Heights project, for an estimated cost of between $58,000 and $62,000.

- Recommended to the council to hire Midwest Electrical Testing and Maintenance Co., Inc., Milwaukee, for $20,300 to perform electrical testing services at the wastewater treatment plant.

- Reviewed quotes for 2012 construction materials and voted 3 to 2 not to purchase materials from Anglin Trucking, Monroe, which had the low bid in all categories except asphalt concrete pavement. The committee voted 3 to 2 to purchase materials from the next lowest bidders in those categories: 75 tons each of aggregate base and sub-base at $6.45 per ton from Rock Road Companies, Inc.; 75 tons each of clear stone aggregate base and crushed limestone at $9.80 per ton from Reese Construction; and 1,300 tons of birdseye pea gravel at $9.50 per ton from Janesville Sand and Gravel Co. The second lowest bids add about $390 to the total cost of the materials. The Committee approved purchase of 8,000 tons of asphalt concrete pavement at $53 per ton from Rock Road.

- Held recommendation of a pond dredge and temporary access agreement with Monroe Country Club, Inc., pending further information.

- Reviewed quotes and authorized box repair work for a 1993 quad axle dump box for $12,975 from Monroe Trucking.

Vice President Michael Boyce was absent.

MONROE - In a meeting Monday, the City of Monroe Public Safety Committee:

- Recommended to the council to approve the installation of stop signs on 15th Street at 14th Avenue. Four accidents, one with injuries, have occurred at the intersection in the past six years, according to Police Chief Fred Kelley. The intersection currently has yield signs installed on 15th Street.

- Recommended to the council to approve a 60-foot, no stopping, standing or parking zone on the north side of the 1700 block of 15th Street, near a day care.

- Approved a police department request for downtown mid-block crosswalks to have white lines added outside the decorative pavement.

- Reviewed the 2011 Monroe Police Department annual report.

Chairperson Michael Boyce was absent.

- Tere Dunlap