Committee approves two Public Works contracts; receives pavement program briefing and other reports

The Improvement and Services Committee of the Green Bay Common Council on Oct. 15 approved two Department of Public Works (DPW) contracts and received several reports, including a detailed informational briefing on the city pavement program and scheduled ribbon-cutting events.

The committee voted to award a contract titled “Traffic Signal Repair 2025” for $357,220 and a separate contract for renovations to the first-floor meeting room at City Hall for $97,190. Committee members also received and placed on file a report that the DPW issued a license to Earth to You LLC to perform sidewalk work, the DPW’s pavement-program informational memo, and a verbal director’s update that included fall leaf collection and two upcoming ribbon-cutting events.

The traffic-signal contract covers removal and replacement of traffic signals along the West Mason Street corridor between Country Club Road and Hinkle Street and at the intersection of West Mason Street, Frontage Road and Hinkle Street. The DPW told the committee the work is in the 2025 capital improvement plan and is funded largely by a WISDA grant; the memo lists the grant covering roughly 90% of the project cost, with a 10% local cost share. The agenda listed the contract award as to “Bonnard Electric Service Incorporated” in the amount of $357,220; during discussion staff referenced submitted bids from “Boettart Electric” and Elmstar Electric Corporation and said the low bid was for $357,220. The DPW recommended awarding the contract as listed on the agenda and the committee approved the award by voice vote.

The committee also approved a $97,190 low-bid contract for renovation of the first-floor meeting room at City Hall. The DPW said funding for the renovation was reallocated within the capital improvement fund, including money originally budgeted for a standpipe project and an electrical project that lacked sufficient current funding. The director said the renovation is intended to create a centralized public-counter area and to move more public-facing services to the first floor; committee members were told the capacity of the renovated space is expected to increase from about 49 to about 100 attendees, a figure staff described as approximate.

A short report of action showed the DPW has granted a sidewalk-builder license to Earth to You LLC; the committee moved to receive and place that report on file. The pavement-program informational memo — provided as background for the 2026 CIP budget process — was also received and placed on file. In presenting the pavement information, the DPW described how the city uses PASER ratings to classify streets for reconstruction, resurfacing or mill-and-pave work and how those classifications feed the five-year program.

“Mill and pave life is around 10 to 15 years. Resurfacing is around 20 years. For reconstruct streets, the life is 25 years for asphalt or 35 years for concrete,” the Director of Public Works said, summarizing expected service lives for the different treatments. The director also told the committee that the city performs a PASER assessment every two years and that staff are coordinating with Green Bay Water Utility to align water-utility work with street projects.

Committee members asked about how streets are selected and about the new PASER assessment tool. The DPW said 2025 was the city’s first year using an AI-enabled civil program to evaluate PASER ratings; staff said the vendor is still calibrating the data before it is released more broadly. The director encouraged members to contact staff with follow-up questions and said staff will prepare and distribute the list of streets proposed for coming work in time for public listening sessions.

The director also announced two department events: a ribbon cutting for the Country Club Road project on Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m., and a Nov. 5 ribbon-cutting/press conference at Open Gate Trail at Village Green Court (a mill-and-pave street) at 10 a.m. in District 12.

All actions approved at the committee meeting will go to the full Common Council for final approval at the council meeting scheduled the following week, Oct. 21, 2025.

Votes at a glance - Traffic Signal Repair 2025 — Approve award of contract to Bonnard Electric Service Incorporated in the amount of $357,220. Motion moved: not specified; second: Alder Ritterbush. Outcome: approved by voice vote. - City Hall 225 First Floor Meeting Room — Approve award of contract to Frank O. Construction Company Incorporated in the amount of $97,190 (low bidder listed on the agenda). Motion moved: not specified; second: not specified. Outcome: approved by voice vote. - DPW report of action: license granted to Earth to You LLC — Motion to receive and place on file made by Alder Eck, seconded by Alder Ritterbush. Outcome: received and placed on file by voice vote. - Informational: DPW pavement-program memo — Motion to receive and place on file made by Alder Eck, seconded by Alder Ritterbush. Outcome: received and placed on file by voice vote. - Director’s verbal report (leaf collection, ribbon cuttings) — Motion to receive and place on file made by Alder Eck, seconded by Alder Ritterbush. Outcome: received and placed on file by voice vote.

Committee procedure and next steps Committee members voted by voice on all motions; the meeting record does not list individual roll-call tallies. Materials referenced during discussion (bid results, the pavement memo and the agenda item reports) were included in the committee packet; staff noted the online agenda text for the traffic-signal item showed truncated bid results and provided printed copies for members during the meeting.

(Quotes and factual details in this article are attributed to the meeting transcript and to statements on the committee agenda packet.)