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Monticello council approves $200,000 change order for Subway parking lot, adopts several ordinances and grants liquor license
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Summary
On Oct. 14, 2025, the Monticello City Council approved a $200,000 change order to add paving and infrastructure work at Municipal Parking Lot D (the "Subway" parking lot), adopted three ordinances including a new Class B liquor license for KB Community Cafe at 102 E. Lafayette St., and approved a parking-citation appeals process and a code update.
The Monticello City Council on Oct. 14 approved Resolution 20-25-68, a $200,000 change order to A and R Services to furnish and install materials to pave and complete infrastructure improvements at Municipal Parking Lot D (the "Subway" parking lot), city staff said. The council also passed Ordinance 20-25-69 (amending the municipal code to add an administrative appeals process for parking citations), Ordinance 20-25-70 (adopting Supplement 27 to the code of ordinances), and Ordinance 20-25-71 (confirming a Class B liquor license for KB Community Cafe at 102 E. Lafayette St.).
City staff presented the parking-lot change order as a contract addition to an existing ANR/A and R Services agreement. Jim Terry told the council the contractor is already on site under unit pricing that “was actually less than what we thought it was gonna be initially,” and that issuing a change order avoids a new bid process. Terry said the work is TIF-eligible and that the council previously budgeted $1,055,714 for related TIF-eligible projects; the meeting record included that figure but did not specify all line-item allocations.
Terry said the work will include paving, infrastructure, a brick-faced dumpster enclosure and other visible site improvements. He also said the contractor will install conduit for future electric-vehicle charging infrastructure but that the cost quoted to install a charger now was “astronomical,” so staff plans to defer charger installation. According to staff, the project as proposed will net a small net gain in parking capacity once dumpsters are relocated — a net increase of two parking spaces after removing two other spaces to accommodate the enclosure.
The council approved Resolution 20-25-68 by roll call (all members voting in favor in the recorded roll call). The meeting record shows the roll-call sequence with council members responding "yes"; no dissent was recorded for the resolution.
On the liquor-license request, city staff said Andy Owens, owner of KB Community Cafe (the former Steeple Coffee House), has requested the Class B license to permit on-site alcohol service for private events. The council approved the ordinance by roll call; the meeting record shows one "no" vote recorded during that roll call.
Ordinance 20-25-69 (parking-citation appeals) and Ordinance 20-25-70 (adopting Supplement 27) were described as administrative items and were approved by roll call with no objections recorded in the meeting transcript.
No voter tallies were read aloud beyond the roll-call confirmations for each item. The meeting record does not show a named mover or seconder for every motion; roll-call responses were recorded by councilor name in sequence. The council scheduled the work to be completed this year and noted funding availability through the cited TIF budget line.
Looking ahead, staff said the parking-lot work will proceed as part of the existing contract with ANR/A and R Services. The council did not direct additional bidding or alter the scope beyond the presented change order.
