Street bids accepted

Bids for paving the Police Department parking lot and Peck and Patterson roads were accepted by City Council members in the regular March meeting Tuesday, March 20.

The low bid of $35,949.58 from Decco Contractors Excavation was accepted for the parking lot at the Police Station. Other bids received for that job were $59,650 from Hutchens Asphalt and $87,088 from Diamond C Construction.

Tomlinson Asphalt Company was the low bidder on the Peck Road project with a bid of $107,155.39. Other bids were $127,084.11 from Diamond C Construction and $407,252 from Arco Excavation and Paving.

Diamond C Construction was the low bidder on the Patterson Road repair project with a bid of $42,175.23. The other bidder was Arco Excavation and Paving for $97,135.

Street superintendent Nathan See said 85 percent of both projects will be reimbursed by FEMA.

Council members approved

advertising for a statement of qualifications for a city prosecutor to replace Rick Hardwick who is “leaving the end of March,” according to Mayor Jackie Crabtree. “We need to get somebody in here so we don’t get a back log in the court system.”

Council members agreed to a special Council meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, April 9, to consider filling the prosecutor’s position.

Crabtree also told city officials he has been working to “rework our wards to make sure they’re a little more equally balanced” and recommended a meeting with Jeff Hawkins from Regional Planning preceding the special Council meeting.