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Council awards Martin Marietta contract for mill‑and‑overlay work; adds Olive Street segment for review
Summary
Council authorized a construction contract with Martin Marietta for the 2025 mill‑and‑overlay program and asked staff to evaluate adding Olive Street (60 Seventh Place to 70th Avenue, ~1,600 feet) as an additional segment if budget and contractor availability allow.
Commerce City Council awarded a construction contract for rotary roadway mill‑and‑overlay services to Martin Marietta and approved the start of the 2025 pavement preservation program.
During discussion, Councilmember John Teeter raised a supplemental request to add a stretch of Olive Street — roughly 1,600 feet from 60 Seventh Place north to 70th Avenue — to the current work list. Teeter said residents and council members had flagged that segment as worse than locations already scheduled. The council directed staff to determine whether the awarded contractor could add that segment by change order within the contract price and procurement rules, and to return to council with cost and timing if the work would require a separate bid.
City staff presented the contract scope and a prioritized map of streets based on pavement condition index and traffic counts. Public works staff said funding is available for the base contract and that two optional alternative segments could be included if timing and funds permit.
Councilmember Teeter moved to approve the resolution awarding the construction contract and to include the Olive Street segment as an additional item for staff to pursue by change order if feasible. The motion was seconded and passed by roll call: eight yeses, one excused absence.
City Manager Andrew Rogers told the council that staff will ask the contractor for a price to include the additional streets identified by council; if the contractor cannot accommodate the extra work at a reasonable price, staff will return with options for a separate procurement. "My recommendation would be to approve the resolution and then, to the extent the council is interested in expanding that scope, work with city staff to determine if the contractor is able to do it," the city attorney also advised during discussion.
The contract award establishes the city’s primary contractor for mill and overlay this season; staff said work scheduling will depend on weather and contractor availability and that the city will notify residents in advance of paving operations.
The council also approved a separate administrative direction asking the city manager to explore additional change orders for other identified segments, consistent with procurement policy and available funds.
