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St. Clair approves engineering contracts, OKs $5,000 TAP application fee for North Commercial Drive sidewalk
Summary
The board approved engineering agreements with Cochran Engineering for three street and sidewalk projects and authorized a $5,000 TAP grant application fee for a North Commercial Drive pedestrian project; staff said projects are budgeted and some rely on grant awards.
The St. Clair Board of Aldermen on Jan. 26 approved multiple engineering agreements with Cochran Engineering for planned street resurfacing and a pedestrian‑facility grant application aimed at expanding sidewalks along North Commercial Drive.
Administrator Wilton summarized three actions: an engineering/inspection contract for the Walton and Jean mill‑and‑asphalt overlay (engineering services not to exceed $9,500 for a project the presentation estimated at just under $105,000); authorization to pay a $5,000 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) application fee for a proposed North Commercial Drive pedestrian project (staff described the full project estimate as about $768,833 with an 80/20 split that would leave a city contribution around $153,767 if the grant is awarded); and an engineering contract for the Ferdinand Group resurfacing project (engineering/design/inspection cost listed at $41,681; total project estimate about $370,500 with a county grant expected to reduce the city share by roughly $170,000).
"This is the project that you wanted to see... we feel like it will score very well with TAP," the staff presenter said, and noted the TAP project would likely be a 2028 grant cycle project. Staff emphasized none of the TAP work occurs unless the grant is awarded; the immediate outlay in the current budget would be the $5,000 application fee and authorized engineering work already budgeted.
The board read each ordinance for first and second reading and approved them on roll call: bill 2026‑02 (Walton & Jean engineering) recorded as ordinance 2252; bill 2026‑03 (North Commercial Drive engineering) recorded as ordinance 2253; and bill 2026‑04 (Ferdinand Group engineering) was approved (staff noted a clerical error in the agenda packet/transcript that was corrected regarding numbering). The meeting record shows roll‑call approval but does not provide individual vote attributions in the transcript.
What happens next: staff will submit the TAP application and notify the board when grant status is known; engineering and design work will proceed for the overlay and resurfacing projects in accordance with project schedules and budget availability.
