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Medina finance committee amends ordinance to accept low bid for US 42 resurfacing to preserve NOACA grant
Summary
The Medina finance committee approved an amendment to ordinance 57-26 to accept a low bid of just over $1.9 million for the US 42 resurfacing project and invoked an emergency clause to protect roughly $900,000 in NOACA grant funding; council authorization had been about $1.6 million.
The Medina City Council finance committee voted to amend ordinance 57-26 and accept the low bid for the US 42 resurfacing project, a move committee members said was necessary to preserve a roughly $900,000 grant from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA).
Patrick, presenting the bid tab, said the low bid received was "a little over $1.9 million," while the council’s prior authorization for the project was about $1.6 million. He told the committee that the city is on a state fiscal-year deadline to award the work and that rebidding is unlikely to yield lower prices because the three bids received were close to one another.
The project covers resurfacing along US 42 from north of Homestead to Lafayette and is partially funded by the NOACA grant. Patrick said the grant totals about $900,000 and that losing the award was a material risk if the council did not act before the fiscal-year cutoff.
Committee members moved and seconded a motion to amend the ordinance and approve the award with an emergency clause to protect the NOACA funding. The motion carried unanimously.
Why it matters: awarding the contract now preserves regional grant funding that covers a substantial portion of the work and allows the city to proceed during the construction season. City staff told the committee that the bid amounts appear consistent across bidders and that immediate action reduces the risk of losing the grant.
Next steps: the committee approved the amendment and award; the item will proceed as the council’s process requires for final implementation.
(Transcript excerpts: Patrick introduced the resurfacing bids and explained the grant deadline and cost disparity.)
