Kenosha Public Works Committee approves event permits and contracts, defers sidewalk request at resident's request

The Kenosha Public Works Committee on May 12 approved several event and project items including permits for street and parking-lot use, awarded a $556,200 contract for Ninth Avenue resurfacing and approved hiring a consultant for construction inspection on an Eighth Avenue reconstruction project. The committee deferred a separate homeowner request for a sidewalk connection at 470440 Seventh Avenue at the homeowner's request.

Committee members voted unanimously on the items listed on the agenda. City staff said three bids were received for the Ninth Avenue resurfacing project and Cornerstone Pavers LLC submitted the low bid of $556,200. The contract award was approved by motion without further discussion.

Public Works staff also asked the committee to approve a professional engineering services agreement with Batterman for work on the Eighth Avenue Reconstruction (project 24-1045). Staff said the consultant is needed because short staffing has limited in-house construction inspection capacity and that some funding from the resurfacing program CIP would be used to reimburse the…