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City manager: Columbia Gas to provide $175,000 for paving; Jackson Avenue bids below estimate; turbidity checks ongoing
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City Manager Tom said Columbia Gas will provide $175,000 to help repave streets disturbed by gas‑main replacement and reported Jackson Avenue Phase 1 bids came in below budgeted estimates; staff also described ongoing turbidity monitoring of runoff from a local golf course with tests reportedly below recommended discharge standards.
City Manager Tom told Lexington City Council that Patrick Madigan secured $175,000 from Columbia Gas to help pay for repaving streets disrupted by recent gas‑main replacement work and that the city included an appropriation request for consideration at the May 7 meeting.
Tom said the pavement in the affected block is approximately $275,000 and Columbia Gas is contributing $175,000; whether council must appropriate additional funds from FY‑26 fund balance or cover the remainder from existing FY‑26 appropriations will be known by the May 7 meeting. "Columbia Gas is paying a $175,000 of funding ... to help us pave all the roads" Tom said.
The city also reported information‑only results for Jackson Avenue Phase 1: two bids came in well below the budgeted estimate, and staff anticipates starting the project over the summer. Bond proceeds that fund the project are restricted to public purposes; staff said remaining bond funds will be applied in compliance with bond commitments.
On environmental monitoring, Tom said a third‑party contractor conducts turbidity testing after rain events and that he has received one or two reports showing turbidity results below recommended discharge standards. The city arranged twice‑weekly inspections by erosion regulator Steve Palk and receives inspection reports; Tom said monitoring includes both upstream and downstream samples to identify the golf course contribution. "The tests that I have seen have been below the recommended discharge standard," he said.
Council was also advised the May 21 meeting is likely to be canceled for local high‑school graduation and that the FY‑27 budget hearing will move to May 7.
