City Council Resolution 2011-34CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2011-34
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR 2011 STREET RECONSTRUCTION
IMPROVEMENTS — AREA 4B, WEST RIVER STREET, AND
WEST 7TH STREET & WALNUT STREET INTERSECTION
CITY PROJECT NO. 11CO01
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions approved by the City Council on February 28, 2011 and
March 14, 2011, the City Engineer has prepared plans and specifications for the 2011 Street
Reconstruction Project described as follows:
Area 4B including East River Street between Cedar Street and a point approximately
1,100 feet east of Washington Street, and adjoining streets between East Broadway and
East River Street; West River Street between the City ball fields and Wright County
Highway 75; and West 7th Street & Walnut Street intersection improvements.
Improvements include reconstruction of urban and rural section roadways, curb and gutter
replacement, sidewalk and storm sewer construction, utility improvements and other
appurtenant work. Optional improvements include East Bridge Park parking lot
reconstruction, Ellison Park surface improvements, and Ellison Park utility service
improvements.
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented such plans and specifications to the Council for
approval;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO,
MINNESOTA:
1. Such plans and specifications, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk,
are hereby approved.
2. The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper and in the Star
Tribune and/or Construction Bulletin an advertisement for bid upon the making of such
improvement under such approved plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be
published no less than three weeks before the last day for submission of bids, once in the
City's legal publication and at least once in either a newspaper published in a city of the
first class or a trade paper. To be eligible as a trade paper, a publication shall have all the
qualifications of a legal newspaper except that, instead of the requirement that it shall
contain general and local news, such trade paper shall contain building and construction
news of interest to contractors in this state, among whom it shall have a general
circulation.
The advertisement shall specify the work to be done, and shall state that bids will be
opened at 10 a.m. on May 26, 2011 and that the award of the bid and the responsibility of
the bidders will be considered by the City Council at 7 p.m. on June 13, 2011 in the
Council Chambers of City Hall. Any bidder whose responsibility is questioned during
consideration of the bid will be given an opportunity to address the Council on the issue
of responsibility. No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the Clerk and
accompanied by a cash deposit, cashier's check, bid bond or certified check payable to
the City for 5% of the amount of such bid.
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 25th day of April, 2011.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Clint Herbst, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Jeff W1#I
, City Administrator