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Council awards $1.108 million arterial street maintenance contract to APAC Kansas
Summary
The council accepted low bid from APAC Kansas for the 2025 arterial mill‑and‑overlay program covering multiple city arterials and an alternate for airport parking lots; staff said the bid was below the engineer's estimate and within CIP funding.
The Hutchinson City Council on June 3 voted to award the 2025 Arterial Street maintenance contract to APAC Kansas for $1,108,058, approving a mill‑and‑overlay program that covers multiple arterial segments and an alternate for airport parking lots.
Justin Karam, construction manager in the engineering division, presented the project scope, which includes milling and overlaying arterial center lanes with two inches of new asphalt at locations such as East Third Avenue (Poplar to Plum), portions of Avenue B near Main Street, Lorraine Street segments, Airport Road and Kisleville Road. The alternate bid covers Airport Main and FAA parking lots (1.5‑inch mill and 1.75‑inch overlay).
Karam said two bids were opened May 27 and that APAC Kansas’s low bid of $1,108,058 was below the engineer’s estimate of $1,342,836.93 and below the CIP allocation. The project was designed by city engineering staff and reviewed by JEO. Karam recommended awarding the base plus alternate to APAC Kansas.
Council discussion covered technical and maintenance questions: how milling/overlay differs from chip seal, the city’s pavement condition index (PCI) priorities, handling of brick‑paved streets (where asphalt may be used over brick as a base), removal of existing trolley tracks on Range Street prior to resurfacing, and a proposed bike lane connection on Lorraine Street between Avenue B and Fourth Avenue. Karam said sidewalks were not included in most of these segments but that the city is budgeting $250,000 for sidewalk repairs in the 2026 maintenance program and pursuing a TA grant for downtown concrete improvements.
Council approved the motion to accept APAC Kansas’s bid and authorized the mayor to sign the contract. The vote was recorded as: Richardson — yes; Garza — yes; Fast — yes; Schmeicher/Meggers — yes; Goss — yes.
Karam noted the city will coordinate track removal, limit work near railroad rights‑of‑way pending flagging and permissions, and that the project completes last year’s work on East Third Avenue center lanes. He said APAC Kansas has performed similar work for the city in 2023 and is currently on a Plum Creek subdivision project.
