Services committee backs staff recommendation to ask council to include asphalt rejuvenation in streets contract; Decker low bidder

Staff presented bid results for Sunbury City's 2025 streets program and said Decker Construction was the apparent low bidder for the base bid and all combinations of alternates. Staff recommended awarding the base bid plus Alternate 2 (South Vernon Street), the police parking lot (Alternate 3) and an asphalt rejuvenation alternate (Alternate 5) and asked services to communicate that recommendation to council for amendment of the ordinance price.

The recommendation matters because staff said the base bid plus the recommended alternates would change the amount included in the ordinance drafted by legal. Staff cited two cost figures during the presentation: a yellow-highlighted recommended total of $1,890,000 for the base bid plus Alternates 2, 3 and 5 (with a recommended contingency) and an adjusted matrix total of $1,983,000 that staff asked be reflected in council materials. "If we were awarded, they could start as early as late June," Staff member said about the apparent low bidder. Staff also said…