The City of Lisbon will again seek bids for the repaving of Business 30 from the east city boundaries to roughly Gillette Lane (or further), depending on the bids received.
City engineer David Schechinger said that publication of the request for bids will be publicized by end of May and bids will be opened at June 10’s meeting.
This is roughly the third time that bids have been made on the project, with the first being outright rejected due to the high costs of the project. After the last bid, the engineers decided to split the project into a patching job addressing patching of some of the rougher areas of the road with a separate contractor. This bid also removed work on turning lanes for the project, which also raised the cost.
“Those areas were ones we were told were pushing the cost of the repaving to be significantly higher,” Schechinger said.
The work will look very similar to the work completed by the county on the west end of Business 30 when they repaved the road, with the pavement being milled through Lisbon and then repoured.
“If there is no curb and gutter, we’ll pour the asphalt all the way to the shoulders,” Schechinger said.
There is an alternate estimated at roughly $400,000 that will take the stretch of repaving from Gillette Lane to the city limits of Mount Vernon.
Work could get started on the repaving if bids are approved by Late June with a targeted completion date of October.
Summer help approved for city, library
Employees were hired to help the City of Lisbon and the Lisbon Public Library for this summer.
The City of Lisbon public works department will hire two summer employees to help with seasonal tasks for the city, including watering the flower pots in downtown Lisbon, help with mowing of city parks and some of the other jobs that the city completes each year.
City administrator Brandon Siggins said that the city will hire Evan Coleman, a returning worker, with a $1 per hour increase for his salary, denoting the experience he has. Quinn Coleman has also been hired as a second worker for the summer help position. Both are not on the Lisbon Baseball team, eliminating some of the conflicts past summer help had last year. Quinn will make $13 per hour and Evan $14 per hour.
Brian Blinks, public works employee, also received a $1 per hour increase for his work for the city to $19 per hour, with Siggins noting the exceptional work he has provided exceeding the city’s expectations and assistance to the public works department.
Elizabeth Hoover de Galvez, Lisbon Library director, said that she had received a request for a summer intern Ellen Morf to assist at the Lisbon Public Library this summer.
The Cornell student will begin working at the library the week of May 20, and will be completing 12 hours of work at the library per week for the internship. The student has applied for funding from Cornell for the internship for experience and will work unpaid at the library.
City’s insurance rate approved
The City of Lisbon’s health insurance costs only raised by 2.82 percent with Wellmark for the coming year. City administrator Brandon Siggins said the city budgeted between 7 to 10 percent for health insurance costs, indicating a savings for the city for the coming year.
No meeting scheduled May 27
Lisbon City Council will not have a public meeting the second week of May due to the Memorial Day holiday. The council approved paying the bills for the city that need to be approved instead of worrying about scheduling a council meeting.
The council also tabled action and discussion on the barns at the Meyers Farmstead to the June 10 city council meeting.