Public Works accepts three completed contracts totaling about $3.07 million

The Kenosha Public Works Committee on Oct. 27 voted to accept three completed construction contracts and to close the related project files.

The committee accepted project 22-1140, Town and Country storm sewer improvements north, completed by A & W Oaks & Son Inc., with a final contract amount read into the record as $1,793,857. The committee also accepted two resurfacing projects completed by Cornerstone Pavers LLC: project 23-1042 (Thirteenth Avenue and Sixteenth Place) with a final contract amount of $666,754.88, and project 23-1046 (third Avenue and 50 First Street) with a final amount of $610,495.36. Committee members approved acceptance of the three projects together on a single motion.

Public Works staff told the committee these items appeared on the agenda because staff is closing out construction this year and wrapping up older projects. “You’re seeing some of these because we’re putting — we’re trying to finish up construction this year, we’re also trying to wrap up some of our older projects that we’ve kind of been sitting around a little bit too long in some cases,” the staff member identified in the meeting as Mister Kader said.

The committee approved the acceptances by voice vote; the chair recorded the ayes and stated the motions passed. No motions to modify final amounts or to withhold acceptance were recorded in the transcript.

With the acceptances, public-works staff indicated they would proceed to administrative closeout of the contracts; the transcript did not include detailed retention or warranty schedules.