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Streets committee says 26 Street bids awardable but $120,000 short; staff proposes tapping state 310 fund
Summary
Pataskala’s streets committee reviewed five bids for the 26 Street program and heard staff say the committee is approximately $120,000 short of funding all four alternates; staff proposed covering the gap from the city’s "state 310 fund" and read budget figures (units not specified).
A staff member told the Pataskala Streets Committee that five bids for the 26 Street program appeared awardable but that the committee was about $120,000 short of covering all four alternates.
"We got five bids. I think they were all awardable... What we realized is we're $120,000 short of doing everything base all four alternates," the staff member said, and added that the committee could take the extra $120,000 from the city 'state 310 fund.' "Apparently there's over a million dollars in there. Last time about 600,000. Some tips are restricted, but this one's pretty open. It does include paving the tip specifically."
The staff member also read budget figures aloud, stating "with all the alternates 1.57 current budget we got 1.457." The transcript does not specify units for those figures; the committee did not clarify whether those numbers refer to millions, thousands, or another unit.
Committee members responded with support for using available funds and discussed parcel constraints and prior conversations about eligible uses. One member noted certain parcels (referred to as Sugar Mill and an area near Redwood) and suggested the committee had previously talked about what those funds could be used for.
The discussion also touched on related intersection work and the committee briefly revisited earlier plans to use funds for that intersection, though no formal amendment or final award language was recorded in the transcript at this meeting.
The committee recorded no formal roll-call vote on awarding the 26 Street contracts in the transcript; staff framed the proposal as a funding plan and asked for any concerns or questions. The committee proceeded to other agenda items and later moved to adjourn.
Next steps: staff and committee members indicated continued coordination on the project schedule and related intersection work; no formal contract award or ordinance number was referenced in the meeting record.
