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Menasha Public Works reports progress on utilities, GIS portal and trestle-trail repairs
Summary
Public Works Director James Merton and Deputy Director Thad Brown briefed the board on multiple operations updates: pavement-marking replacements, ongoing utility reconstruction (water main complete, laterals nearly done), a live public GIS portal, and trestle-trail structural repairs with roughly $110,000–$111,000 in in-house costs to date against a $243,000 estimated construction figure.
Director James Merton and Deputy Director Thad Brown presented a broad operations update to the Board of Public Works on June 1, touching on pavement markings, utility reconstruction, signal projects, GIS implementation, a public portal, and trestle-trail structural work.
Merton told the board that contractor-applied pavement markings on Racine Street failed to meet Wisconsin DOT standards and were removed and replaced. He reported the utility reconstruction project has the water main complete and lateral work nearly finished on 8th Street, after which crews will move to storm sewer work and street construction. He warned the board that some street work may occur before July 4 and said staff will coordinate with contractors to minimize impacts on festivities.
Merton highlighted the department’s GIS implementation, saying the team is ahead of schedule and under budget, and that a public portal is now live on the city website with parcel viewer, voting districts, refuse and recycling zones, and snow-plowing routes.
Deputy Director Thad Brown gave project-level details: the trestle trail structural inspection recommended multiple repairs with a total construction cost estimate of $243,000. Brown said the department has performed much of the work in-house, with about $110,000–$111,000 in materials and labor expended so far and roughly 103 of the 295 recommended posts remaining. Brown also listed near-term park and sidewalk projects (Hart Park concrete beginning June 1; Pleasant Park playground excavation and work beginning June 8) and confirmed signal material for two signal/beacon projects has arrived and is being prepped for installation.
Board members asked a few clarifying questions; staff noted no formal vote was needed on the general activity report.
