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Council approves street financial report, appointments and several contracts; rejects signing-and-striping bid
Summary
Council approved Resolution 53 (street financial report), Resolution 54 (appointment to the Swisher Community Fund), Resolution 55 (pay app to Dave Schmidt Construction), and Resolution 56 (tree removal contract). The council rejected a signing-and-striping bid and awarded an asbestos-abatement contract for downtown building demolition.
At its Aug. 12 regular meeting, the City of Swisher council approved several resolutions and contract actions by roll-call votes.
- Resolution 53-2024: The council approved the fiscal year 2024 Street financial report for submission to the state (referred to in the meeting as 'Ia'), a legal filing requirement.
- Resolution 54-2024: Dan Johnson was appointed to the Swisher Community Fund Board of Trustees to bring the board to five members so it can hold meetings.
- Resolution 55-2024: Council approved pay application No. 4 to Dave Schmidt Construction for work on the sanitary sewer project through Aug. 2, 2024; staff noted the city briefly fell out of SRF compliance due to delivery of non-domestic materials but reported the issue was corrected and the project is back in compliance.
- Resolution 56-2024: The council awarded a contract to Waterberry Property Management for tree removal (amount discussed in the meeting was approximately $8,961) and approved the funding by roll call.
Council also voted to reject the single quote received for a signing-and-striping project as too high and directed staff to revise the specifications and re-bid. Separately, the council approved awarding an asbestos-abatement contract to Echo Midwest for abatement work on two downtown buildings after receiving DNR-required notices and contractor estimates; staff noted a 10-day DNR notification period before abatement can begin.
All listed resolutions and motions were approved by roll call during the meeting; specific roll-call tallies were not read aloud in the transcript excerpt, and no individual votes were recorded by name in the available segments. Council directed staff to follow standard procurement and notification procedures for the rejected bid and for abatement and demolition steps.
