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Votes at a glance: Peoria County committee approves multiple highway and maintenance contracts, mutual-aid membership, and program dues
Summary
The committee approved several highway and maintenance contract awards and program agreements, including the Cedar Hills trail crossing, a Smithville headwall repair, annual township seal coating contracts, a highway garage HVAC replacement, IPWMAN membership, PUATS dues, and pavement marking materials purchases. Most motions were unanimous.
Peoria County’s infrastructure committee on April 10 passed a set of routine and capital-related measures covering highway repairs, township seal coating, building systems, mutual-aid membership and planning dues. Committee members moved and voted on each item; where available the mover/second and vote outcomes are listed below.
Cedar Hills Trail crossing (motor fuel tax appropriation) - Motion: Award contract for Cedar Hills Trail crossing improvements to Curia (low bidder Annie Finch) at $100,769; county had appropriated $120,000 previously. - Mover/Second: Betty / Danny Kelch - Vote/Outcome: Carried; unanimous among those present (6-0).
Smithville Road headwall (Limestone area) - Motion: Award repair contract to Stark Excavating for $87,298.01 after rejecting the low bid from Verardo due to lack of IDOT prequalification. - Mover/Second: Sharon / Terry - Vote/Outcome: Carried; unanimous among those present (6-0).
Annual township seal coating (multiple townships) - Motion: Award seal-coating contracts for township roads to Payment Maintenance Services and R.A. Cullinan (micro-surfacing for Radnor was awarded from non-MFT funds). - Mover/Second: Terry / Betty - Vote/Outcome: Carried; outcome recorded as passed (exact tally not specified in transcript); total quoted bids cited: $491,008.68 and $1,081,138.12 for listed townships.
Highway garage HVAC replacement - Motion: Accept bid from Standard Heating and Cooling for $88,785 (includes a $910 alternate for water-heater flue); staff recommended not taking a $11,077 deduction tied to alternate equipment. - Mover/Second: Poe / Sharon - Vote/Outcome: Passed unanimously (7 ayes, no nays).
Illinois Public Works Mutual Aid Network (IPWMAN) agreement - Motion: Approve revised intergovernmental agreement to continue Peoria County’s participation in IPWMAN (annual cost $500, paid from highway department matching funds); clarified that mutual aid can cover day-to-day operations as well as emergencies. - Mover/Second: Danny / Matt - Vote/Outcome: Carried unanimously.
PUATS unified work program membership dues - Motion: Approve annual membership payment of $53,900.81 from motor fuel tax for PUATS (allows Tri-County area access to federal funding programs used on Glen Avenue and other projects). - Mover/Second: not specified / not specified - Vote/Outcome: Carried unanimously; transcript notes the chair misread a resolution earlier but the membership approval passed.
General maintenance — pavement marking materials - Motion: Approve quotation from Swarco for modified-urethane pavement paint used with the City of Peoria striping intergovernmental agreement; purchased on an as-needed basis. - Mover/Second: Paul / Terry (motion recorded earlier as needed) - Vote/Outcome: Carried (exact tally not specified).
Notes: Several bid awards were adjusted for contractor prequalification requirements (Verardo rejected for not being IDOT prequalified). One public comment asked that courthouse fountains be repaired; the fountain installation subcontractor for the plaza project is Laughing Waters Inc., noted in the project packet.
The committee forwarded resolutions that passed in committee to the full county board as required.
