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Council approves appropriation after bids for Park Avenue lift station were negotiated down to about $5.3M
Summary
Council approved appropriation 04/2026 to fund replacement/repair of the Park Avenue lift station. Officials said bids initially reached $6.2M but were negotiated to roughly $5.3M; the project is a planned sanitary district replacement and the contractor is B & T Drainage (Marshall, Illinois).
Council approved Appropriation 04/2026 to fund replacement work at the Park Avenue Lift Station after staff described bid results and project necessity.
A petitioner explained the project was included in last year’s budget at $3.0M, bids opened late last year and reached about $6.2M; the city negotiated the apparent low bid down to roughly $5.3M and felt comfortable proceeding. The petitioner said the…
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