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Morton Board of Trustees approves reappointments, $62,000 in spring tourism grants and three public-works contracts
Summary
At a regularly scheduled meeting the Morton Board of Trustees approved the consent agenda, reappointed two members to a police board, awarded $62,000 in spring tourism grants and accepted three public-works contracts totaling about $1.98 million.
The Morton Board of Trustees approved a package of administrative items, reappointments, spring tourism grants and three public-works contracts in a single meeting session.
The trustees approved the consent agenda, which included meeting minutes from April 7, 2025, and approval of a closed-session record. The motion passed on a roll call vote recorded in the transcript.
The board reappointed Doug Shatnick and Joe Worth to the Morton police pension board, with terms recorded in the meeting materials as expiring April 30, 2026, and April 30, 2027, respectively. A motion to reappoint the two candidates passed on a roll call vote recorded in the transcript.
The trustees also approved spring tourism grants after a review process. The review panel received requests from 10 entities totaling $100,000 and recommended awards totaling $62,000; the board voted to approve those awards.
Director of Public Works presented three contract awards and asked the board to accept the low bids and award contracts. The board approved:
- Acceptance of the low bid and award of a contract to Knapp Concrete Contractors for the 2025 miscellaneous concrete repairs in East Street project in the amount of $1,008,737.33. - Acceptance of the low bid and award of a contract to R.A. Cullinan & Son, Inc. for the 2025 overlay project in the amount of $795,374.21. - Acceptance of the low bid and award of a contract to Porter Brothers for the 2025 seal-coating and fog-coating project in the amount of $172,182.03; the seal-coating contract was identified as using motor-fuel-tax funds.
Each contract was described in the meeting packet as under budget and listing the streets or scope covered; the Director of Public Works noted the funding source for the seal-coating contract. Roll-call votes recorded in the transcript indicated approval for the motions.
The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn passed.
