Council approves routine procurement awards, chip-seal project and accepts accounts-payable checks

The Monona Finance Committee and Common Council on April 8 approved several procurement and routine-approval items on the consent calendar.

Public Works building envelope improvements: The council awarded the contract for the Public Works garage building envelope improvements to the apparent low bidder KSW. The low bid presented at the meeting was $510,593.90; the public-works presenter noted the bid was well below the project budget and recommended approval. The motion passed.

2025 chip-seal project: Staff reported bids for the annual chip-seal program covering about 43,000 square yards across 17 streets. Farner Asphalt provided the low base bid at $135,378.98; the council approved the award and staff said they will return to the May meeting with the separate street-resurfacing bid award.

Accounts payable: The council accepted general-fund accounts-payable checks dated March 14 through April 3, 2025. Staff noted routine operating expenses and several donation-funded payments (for example, library donation accounts) and development-agreement final payments; the acceptance motion passed.

These items were presented as standard procurement and finance items; council members asked clarification questions about elements such as removal of solar panels under a related contract and fog-seal options for chip-seal streets, but no substantive changes were made to the presented awards.