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Council endorses stormwater grant, awards major resurfacing and flood mitigation contracts; officials update cart collection
Summary
The Board of Public Works and council on April 3 advanced a suite of infrastructure actions: city staff will apply for a 50%‑matching Wisconsin DNR stormwater planning grant; the council approved low bids for the 2025 asphalt resurfacing and a flood mitigation project; and staff updated the council on missed automated‑cart collections.
Waukesha — During reports from the Board of Public Works and subsequent council actions on April 3, the city moved forward on multiple infrastructure items: staff supported applying for a Wisconsin DNR planning grant for stormwater quality and modeling work, and the board recommended low bids for the 2025 asphalt resurfacing/utility improvements and the Area 7 flood mitigation projects.
Board chair Alex described the DNR grant as a 50% matching planning fund intended to help the city meet evolving MS4 (municipal separate storm sewer system) requirements and cover modeling and stormwater‑quality planning work the engineering department must undertake. The council voted to support applying for the grant.
On bidding, the Board of Public Works recommended acceptance of the low bid from Payne & Dolan for the 2025 Asphalt Street Resurfacing and Utility Improvements project in the amount of $7,298,487.54. The board also recommended award of the 2025 Area 7 Flood Mitigation Channel and Storage Improvements project to Edgerton Contractors for $1,942,624. Both awards were moved and passed on voice votes recorded as unanimous.
Board members also updated the council on the city’s ongoing automated trash‑cart collection recovery effort: the contractor and city continue to collect carts that were missed or left behind during a rollout, residents can report missed collections through a newly launched app on the city website, and staff urged patience as crews finish the collections. Several council members said trucks have been starting as early as 6 a.m.; one alderman asked staff to check whether a later start time might reduce carts being tipped by wind.
Why it matters: The resurfacing and flood‑mitigation contracts represent multi‑million‑dollar capital work affecting neighborhoods and utilities; the DNR grant will offset planning costs the city must incur to comply with changing stormwater rules. The cart‑collection update addresses immediate service concerns of residents.
Next steps: Staff will execute contracts with the awarded low bidders, proceed with DNR grant application (50% match required), and continue coordination with Waste Management to complete cart collections and monitor start times and equipment issues.
