Council accepts annual bids for aggregates, salt, asphalt, fuel and concrete

Interim City Manager Andy presented the results of the city's annual bids for public-works materials and services at the Sept. 2 meeting. The city recommended accepting the low bids and retaining second-low bids as backups for asphalt plants that may not operate.

The recommended vendors reported in the agenda packet were Central Stone for aggregates and stone, Lomax Trucking for snow-removal salt, Big River for gasoline and diesel, and Wire Ready Mix for concrete. For asphalt, the record notes a low bid from "SAP and stones" (as listed in the packet) and that the city routinely holds the low and second-low bids in case a plant is not operating.

Council members moved to accept the bids as listed in the packet and approved the recommendation with a voice vote. The meeting record directs staff to proceed with contracts according to the accepted bids; dollar amounts and contract terms appear in the packet but are not read aloud in the transcript.