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DuBois council approves wage resolution, road closures, paving contract and grant application
Summary
At its July meeting the DuBois City Council approved an employee wage resolution, authorized several street closures for community events and school safety, awarded 2024 paving work to HRI Inc., and approved a multimodal grant application totaling $514,500.
The DuBois City Council on July 22 approved a package of routine municipal measures, including an employee wage resolution, multiple street closures for community events and school safety, and contracts for paving and demolition assessments.
Council voted to pass Resolution 2024-25 setting employee wages after the item, which had been tabled for several months, was brought back for action. The motion carried with the council recording affirmative votes from the members present.
The body also approved a temporary road closure requested by event organizers to allow the annual Halloween parade to use West Long Avenue and set the community trick-or-treat hours to be formalized at a later joint meeting. Separately, the council concurred with a school-district request to close Orient Avenue for 15 minutes during high-school bus release to reduce congestion; the police chief supported that closure on safety grounds.
On procurement, the council voted to award the 2024 paving contract to HRI Incorporated for the low bid of $182,976 after staff said two bids were received and HRI’s was roughly $20,000 below estimate. Council also authorized staff to seek quotes to evaluate demolition options for two dilapidated properties at 115½ South Highland Street (fire-damaged, repeated code violations) and 133 South Brady Street (the Carpet Barn), citing access and waste-hauling logistics as open questions.
The council approved Resolution 2024-38 to submit a multimodal grant application with a city contribution noted in the paperwork; the grant amount discussed at the meeting was $514,500.
The meeting concluded with routine board appointments and member updates. Councilors were reminded that board documents and paid invoices are available on the city website.
Votes at a glance (tallies as read aloud during the meeting): approval motions were carried with recorded 'yes' votes from the members identified in the meeting record (as read aloud during roll calls).
