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Marshall City Council approves three street-resurfacing contracts, sets Aug. 1 completion date for overlays
Summary
The Marshall City Council approved contracts for cold milling, a two-inch asphalt overlay and an asphalt slurry seal. Higgins Asphalt and Pavement Management submitted the winning bids. Staff said the overlay work must be finished by Aug. 1 and one street was removed from the list to avoid conflict with upcoming utility work.
Marshall City Council approved three contracts for street resurfacing after the municipal services department recommended low and preferred bidders for different work types.
Council members accepted a bid from Higgins Asphalt of Tipton, Missouri, for cold milling at $2.15 per square yard and later approved Higgins for a two-inch asphalt overlay at $129.30 per ton. For asphalt slurry seal and associated crack sealing, the council approved Pavement Management of Lee's Summit, Missouri, at $4.27 per square yard.
The measures matter because they fund near-term repairs across town streets and set contractor obligations and timelines. Municipal services staff said the overlay contract includes a completion requirement timed to avoid school-start disruptions and the worst of construction season.
Dan (municipal services staff) and Randy (municipal services staff) told the council the cold-milling bids came in lower than preliminary estimates and that Ted Street was removed from the current list after Municipal Utilities indicated possible water-main work there in the next few years. Randy said, “Everything has to be finished by August 1.” Councilmember Brandt explained a procurement choice on the overlay: awarding the work to the same contractor doing related milling and overlays avoids a situation in which “you may be drivin’ on milled streets for a month or 2, and that would be a nightmare.”
Councilmembers voted on the three items by voice; the council recorded aye responses for each motion and advanced the work.
The city’s staff said preliminary estimates indicated the project would come in more than $100,000 under earlier budget figures because bid prices were lower than expected. Staff also said coordination with Marshall Municipal Utilities (MMU) guided the exclusion of at least one street from this year’s work to avoid duplicative excavation.
Councilmembers and staff discussed minor additions such as repainting crosswalks at four-way stops and the importance of placing asphalt during the hottest part of summer for better compaction.
The contracts authorize the municipal services department to proceed with the awarded contractors under the bid terms and the built-in completion deadline.
