More than 20 projects on the South Sioux City road plan for fiscal year 2024-25 are listed on the one-year plan approved by the City Council at Monday’s meeting.
Another 20-plus plans are on the agenda for the six-year part of the plan, which the Council had to approve before the end of the August as required by state law.
Most of the 21 projects on the one-year plan involve milling and asphalt overlay, along with draining improvements and removal and replacement of concrete paving. Included in the plans are the construction of a quiet zone on the BNSF railroad intersection at 39th Street and a 10-foot concrete installment of the Westside Trail from the intersection of Highway 77 and 21st Street to one-half block east of Third Avenue on 21st Street.
City Administrator Lance Hedquist said that projects listed on the six-year plan can be moved to the one-year plan if it is deemed to be necessary and is approved by the City Council.
Also at Monday’s meeting, the Council approved the last of a series of ARPA projects that the city has undertaken with federal money that was given to city and county governments during the recent pandemic. Government entities have until the end of this year to commit the funds to projects, and those funds must be spent by the end of 2026.
“Our goal is to have everything committed by the end of September so we can get them into the system,” said City Clerk Nanci Walsh. “We don’t want to have to try to do it in December when everybody is using that portal.”
The ARPA-related items that were approved at Monday’s meeting on a 5-0 vote (Carol Schuldt, Rick Bosquet and Jason Bowman were absent) include:
— Network switch bids (Lowest bid to Netsys Plus at $43,356.30).
— Replacement of patron computers at the city library (Low bid to Marco at $12,181.86).
— A 2024 Ford Maverick for the City Parks Department (State contract bid of $26,922).
— Cameras for pickleball courts and Scenic Park (Low bid to Thompson Solutions Group for $11,840.35).
— Library project (CMBA Architechts, $28,500).
— Replace pool deck lights (Stateline Electric, $6,800).
— Printer/copier for fire station (Century Link, $71,31.94 purchase or 60-month lease at $145.56).
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