City Council Resolution 2015-93CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-093
AUTHORIZING PREPARATION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE 7TH STREET RETAINING WALL,
CITY PROJECT NO. 15CO01
WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution of the City Council adopted June 22, 2015, a feasibility
report has been prepared by the city's Consulting Engineer with reference to proposed public
improvements for the 7th Street Retaining wall, including the construction of a retaining wall at
the northwest corner of 7th Street and Cedar Street adjacent to Hillside cemetery; and
WHEREAS, the feasibility report was received by the City Council on December 14, 2015; and,
WHEREAS,
NO W THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOL VED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA:
1. City Council authorizes the preparation of plans and specifications for said project.
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 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 January 10, 2016 and that the award of the bid and the
responsibility of the bidders will be considered by the City Council at 6:30 p.m. on
January 25, 2016, 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 14th day of December, 2015.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Brian Stumpf, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Jeff 0,,' e' , ty Administrator