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Council approves multi-million dollar street, drainage and parking contracts
Summary
The Maquoketa City Council approved a slate of public-works contracts on March 16, including a $2,239,926.15 streets and utility reconstruction contract (concrete option) and awards for mill-and-fill, parking and storm intake work; staff said start dates depend on contractors and most votes were unanimous.
City staff recommended and the council approved several public-works contracts and bids at the March 16 meeting, moving forward planned pavement, parking and drainage work.
The council awarded the 2026 streets and utility reconstruction contract to Eastern Iowa Excavating for the concrete option and approved bid alternates 1 and 2 for a total transcribed amount of $2,239,926.15. Staff said concrete is the recommended product for longer life and that the contractor has not yet provided a firm start date; staff will notify affected residents when scheduling is confirmed.
Council also approved a low responsible bid for the Madison Street parking project tied to the YMCA capital campaign; staff noted the engineer’s estimate had been approximately $155,000 and identified the low responsible bidder (transcribed in the record as 'Manats' with a transcribed figure 173,94.74). The council accepted a single local bidder, County Line Concrete, for curb-and-gutter reconstruction and awarded the annual mill-and-fill contract to River City Paving for 2026–27.
Separately, after a bid-review process that removed a nonconforming bidder, Prairie Road Builders was approved for seal-coating services to extend pavement life on targeted streets. For specialized storm-intake reconstruction, staff recommended waiving competitive bidding and awarding the contract to JJ Enterprises Inc. (transcribed as a local firm); staff said the work is specialized and locally only one firm was qualified. The storm-intake resolution was approved on roll call.
Staff framed many of the awards as routine outcomes of the public-works committee and the city’s 10-year street improvement plan. Most votes recorded in the meeting transcript were affirmatives; where start dates or project schedules were unclear, staff said they would communicate timing to residents.
Next steps: staff will confirm contractor schedules and provide project notices to residents and update the capital-improvement schedule for the council.
