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Commission awards FY25 milling and overlay contract for neighborhood streets
Summary
The commission awarded a $1.28 million mill‑and‑overlay contract to Gator Grading and Paving LLC to repave multiple Dunedin neighborhood streets; staff said work targets streets identified in the city's pavement‑condition inventory and will be followed by additional curb and gutter work under a separate change order.
The Dunedin City Commission unanimously approved a bid award to Gator Grading and Paving LLC on March 18 for the fiscal year 2025 mill‑and‑overlay program.
City staff recommended awarding Bid 25‑2503 to Gator Grading and Paving for $1,281,850.15 to mill and overlay asphalt on a list of residential and collector streets across the city. Public‑works staff said seven contractors submitted bids and that the award price fell in the low end of the competitive range; the city budgets roughly $1.5 million annually for paving.
Clay Watkins, assistant director of utilities and city engineer, briefed the commission on the project scope and showed the list and map of streets included in the contract. Streets named in the bid package include Bass Boulevard, Ohio Avenue, Brookway Manor Drive West, Marjohn Avenue, Jones Street, Summit Drive, Valley Drive and other residential segments.
Commissioners asked staff how road priorities were set. Watkins said the project list was drawn from the city’s pavement condition inventory (AgileAssets) and that the city has begun mounting a new road‑condition sensor (RMT) on city vehicles to gather more frequent pavement condition data. Watkins said the new software and vehicle sensors will provide a consistent, repeatable assessment that supports annual program budgeting and decisions to resurface or fully reconstruct.
Vice Mayor Gao and other commissioners asked about per‑linear‑foot costs, budgeting and the influence of truck traffic and changes in petroleum costs. Watkins said the program typically mills about 1.5 inches and replaces it with new wearing course asphalt and that the annual funding level is intended to keep the network from reaching the “point of no return” where reconstruction is required. He also said costs fluctuate with petroleum markets and contractor bid conditions.
The commission approved the award by voice vote. Staff later returned to the commission at the same meeting with a companion change order to add valley‑gutter replacement work at favorable unit prices (described in a separate action).
