Downtown revitalization project bid awarded to A+ Contracting
Newly-elected Sutton Council member Clancy Timmermans, after serving three months in Ward 2, turned her resignation into the council Monday, March 3, with council members officially accepting her resignation during their Monday, March 10 meeting.
Timmermans cited her resignation is “due to professional and personal reasons.”
City officials are now seeking a replacement to the Ward 2 council position and will take action to fill the open seat at its Monday, April 14 meeting, beginning at 6:30 p.m. An official notice of vacancy appears on page eight this week.
The unexpired Ward 2 term ends in December of 2028. All interested persons need to notify the city clerk of your interest at city hall or by calling 402-773-4225.
Council members drew one step closer to beginning the second phase of the city’s downtown revitalizaion project by accepting a bid from Sutton’s own A+ Contracting to reconstruct the sidewalks and curbs and gutters along the north end of Sutton’s downtown business district along Saunders Ave.
The bid, worth $331,979.75, beat out bids from two other companies, including Van Kirk Bros. Contracting of Sutton, and NLC, LLC of York, to complete the project, which will be similar to the work performed and completed on the southern half of the Saunders Ave. business district a few years ago.
DIGGERTRUCK
Discussions related to old business by the council included talks about a new digger truck for the city’s light department. The truck specs that will go out to bidders calls for a 55-foot Digger Derrick truck with extending booms will be accepted through 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 9. Bids will then be examined and if accepted, will be awarded at a later council meeting.
JAMES STREET BRIDGE Discussions turned towards the potential replacement of the James Street bridge, near the locally known livestock arena, The Ponderosa, just west of the CPI elevator in Sutton.
Four options were provided to the council by JEO Consulting for the possible replacement in the coming few years, with council members settling on a 75-foot “cast in place continuous concrete slab bridge.”
The 30-foot long bridge would create a four-foot grade raise and come at an estimated cost of just under $1.1 million should the council choose to move forward with the replacement project.
No official action was taken, other than providing guidance to JEO and the City of Sutton to seek funding options through federal and state grants, with discussions to take place on the item in the coming couple of years.
MOWING BIDS
Council members discussed upcoming bids that were received for season mowing throughout the community and the city-operated cemetery Monday.
Luke Hinrichs submitted the lone bid to mow the city cemetery, but his bid of $2,500 for the base mowing for each mowing was not accepted by city leaders.
Hinrichs, however, was awarded 10, up to 12 other bids for mowing city property within the city limits, while Blake Gibson had three of his bids accepted for mowing, with two other property bids going to either Hinrichs, or to Prime Lawn Service, operated by Carson Mau being selected after discussions between the two operations.
SUPERVISOR AGREEMENTS
Three seasonal employment agreements were also approved Monday night with Monte Lemkau being approved as the DLD Complex Supervisor. Lemkau’s agreement with the city will pay him $19,000 divided into regular bi-monthly payments during his seven-month-long agreement with the city.
Robin Griess signed an employment agreement with the city to serve as the DLD Park concessions stand supervisor. The agreement is a five-month-long agreement that will pay Griess $8,500, also divided into regular bi-monthly payments during the agreement timeframe.
Bobbie Itzen will again serve as the city’s cemetery supervisor, which will cover an estimated six-month-long agreement paying Itzen $14,500 during her contracted time with the city.
