City Council Resolution 2010-14CITY OF MONTICELLO
RESOLUTION NO. 2010-14
ORDERING IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING REQUEST
FOR PROPOSAL FOR BIDS
2010 STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS — SCHOOL BOULEVARD
CITY PROJECT NO. 100003
WHEREAS, the City Council on September 11, 2006, directed City Staff to prepare a Street Lighting
Plan for School Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, the plan and design for 2010 Street Lighting Improvements for School Boulevard has
been completed;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Monticello, Minnesota
as follows:
1. Said improvements are necessary, cost-effective, and feasible as detailed in the design plan,
which is on file in the office of the City Clerk and are hereby approved.
2. It is advisable, expedient and necessary that said improvements be constructed, and the same
are hereby ordered made.
3. The City Engineer is hereby directed to prepare a Request for Proposal for said improvements,
and advertise the RFP for bids.
4. The City Clerk shall prepare and cause to be inserted in the official paper and in the
Construction Bulletin an advertisement for bid upon the making of such improvement under
such approved plans and specifications. The advertisement shall be published for ten days,
shall specify the work to be done, and shall state that bids will be opened at 10 a.m. on April
28, 2010 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 May 10, 2010 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 five percent of the amount of such bid.
5. The RFP submissions shall be reviewed and City Council shall let the contract for all or part of
the work for said improvements or order all or part of the work done by day labor or otherwise
as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.041, Subdivision 2 within one year of the
date of this resolution ordering said improvements.
Adopted by the Monticello City Council this 22nd day of March, 2010.
ATTEST:
Jef eill, City Administrator
Clint Herbst, Mayor