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Council approves $1.02 million in pavement preservation: mill/overlay and chip-seal projects funded
Summary
City approved two resolutions to contract resurfacing and chip-seal work on multiple city streets and amended the FY2025 budget to cover the shortfall; both resolutions passed unanimously.
The Fountain City Council on March 18 approved two resolutions to preserve and resurface city roadways, authorizing contracted mill-and-overlay work and a companion chip-seal pavement-preservation program and amending the fiscal year 2025 budget to cover a shortfall.
Public Works staff described two mill-and-overlay projects and two chip-seal projects that the city plans to complete this year. The resurfacing contract for Schmidt Construction covers Fountain Mesa Road (from CNS Road toward Cross Creek) and Camden Boulevard (Plaza Boulevard to Center Valley Drive). The bid for the two resurfacing roadways was about $815,000; Public Works asked the council to authorize using $362,000 from the Moving Fountain Forward resurfacing fund to cover the gap between the current resurfacing appropriation and the bid.
Staff also presented a separate chip-seal contract to preserve pavements on Fountain Mesa Road (Ohio to Harvest Moon) and Jimmy Camp Road (Link to Como Bay) to provide a wear course intended to extend pavement life by an estimated 5–9 years. The chip-seal package, including a 5% contingency, was presented with a projected cost of about $205,000.
Council moved and voted on the two resolutions. Resolution 25-011 (authorizing Schmidt Construction to perform the mill-and-overlay resurfacing and amending the FY2025 budget to use $362,000 from the Moving Fountain Forward resurfacing fund) passed on a 7–0 vote. Resolution 25-012 (authorizing a chip-seal contract for the two chip-seal projects) also passed on a 7–0 vote.
Public Works staff described the overall condition of the city’s pavement network as “poor to failing” and cited a pavement-quality-index (PQI) score near 28 citywide, with residential streets averaging a PQI of about 17, indicating many residential roads require full reconstruction rather than surface treatments. Staff said the preventive chip-seal work is intended to slow deterioration on newly rebuilt streets and on roads repaved roughly five to six years ago.
Both resolutions were approved without further amendment. Councilors asked about scheduling around school hours; staff said they aim to complete resurfacing and chip-seal work by July when possible and that chip-seal operations typically allow traffic to use the roadway within minutes of application, reducing the need for extended closures.
Votes at a glance: Resolution 25-011 — approved 7–0; Resolution 25-012 — approved 7–0. The council then moved to an executive session about pending litigation involving the Fountain Police Department.
