City Council Resolution 2013-48CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-048
APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR FOR WEST 7TH STREET EXTENSION
(MINNESOTA TO CR39) AND ELM STREET (7TH STREET TO TERMINUS),
CITY PROJECT NO.12CO02
WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution approved by the City Council on March 25, 2013,
authorizing preparation of plans and specifications, the City Engineer has prepared plans and
specifications for improvements to West 71h Street for extending the road from Minnesota Street
to Elm Street including the construction of streets, curb and gutter, pathway, street lighting,
ponding, public utilities as needed, and other appurtenant work; for mill and overlay of West 7h
Street between Elm Street and County Road 39 (Golf Course Road); and for paving of Elm
Street lying south of 7th Street and running to the south terminus at I -94; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has presented such plans and specifications to the Council for
approval;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO,
MINNESOTA:
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 local
official paper and Finance & Commerce trade paper 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 July 11, 2013, 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 July 22, 2013, 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 Cleric 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 10th day of June, 2013.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
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Clint Herbst, Mayor
ATTEST:
WWII, City Administrator