The Aurora City Council is set to vote on about a $1.7 million contract for sidewalk and bike path patching for 2023.
Aldermen put the contract on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s regular council meeting, meaning it is likely to be approved.
The award would go to Aurora-based Geneva Construction for $1.66 million. That includes the $1.56 million the company bid, and another $100,000 for contingency.
Geneva Construction was actually the second-lowest bid of three received for the projects, but became the low bidder when the city’s local preference ordinance was applied.
The contract covers work throughout the city for patching of sidewalks, and striping and overlay for bike paths. Some of the projects are already on a list, and some will come up during the year. That’s one reason the $100,000 was added for contingency.
Construction will start right away in August, and be finished in November, according to city officials.
Aurora maintains more than 530 miles of streets that include sidewalks, pavement markings and bike paths.
City staff has identified 29,488 square feet of deteriorated sidewalks, 8,135 square yards of deteriorated pavement and more than 21 miles of pavement markings that need to be replaced.
This project will also include overlaying bike paths, replacing pavement markings on utility projects and other miscellaneous maintenance work throughout the city, officials said.
The patching contract is paid for out of a number of city line items, including street sealing and patching, the capital fund, the overlay fund and the waterline rehab fund.
The biggest chunk - $702,356 - comes from the capital fund’s right-of-way improvement line item. Another big chunk - $420,000 - is from the motor fuel tax fund.
Ward funds from both the 3rd and 9th Wards also go into the contract.