Council advances Plum Grove engineering, crack‑seal and sewer rehab contracts for consent

The Infrastructure & Environment committee approved several routine but substantive public‑works actions and forwarded them to the council’s consent agenda, including engineering services to advance a federal‑aid resurfacing application for Plum Grove Road, a crack‑sealing contract and a cured‑in‑place sewer rehabilitation contract.

Staff explained the village applied for federal aid to resurface Plum Grove Road from U.S. 14 to Aldridge and needs to pay for phase‑1 and phase‑2 engineering to qualify for accelerated federal funding. The committee approved engaging Bollinger (noted as the recommended engineer) for design work in an amount not to exceed $137,000, funded by reallocations within the resurfacing and motor‑fuel programs.

The committee also approved a local bid for the 2016 crack‑sealing program for $37,180.80 (budgeted at $40,300) and recommended awarding the 2016 sewer rehabilitation work (slip‑lining/cured‑in‑place) to the low local bidder at $213,783. Staff noted the sewer program has an annual scope of roughly a mile per year and that funds are available in the sewer fund, with savings covering a small shortfall.