Council seeks bids for new flooring

By Tonja Greenfield, General Manager
Posted 3/19/18

AMBOY — The Amboy City Council approved motions to seek bids on projects around the city on Monday night.

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Council seeks bids for new flooring

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AMBOY — The Amboy City Council approved motions to seek bids on projects around the city on Monday night.

The Amboy City Council held its monthly meeting on Monday night in the Amboy Community Building. All members were present. On the agenda were three separate items that, once approved, would authorize the Amboy City Clerk to advertise for bids.

The first item approved to seek bids on was for new flooring in the Amboy Community Building. The city is seeking bids on both vinyl and epoxy flooring options. This is the second time a bid on new flooring for the community building is being sought.

During the February Amboy City Council meeting, it was reported that only one bid had been received by the deadline in the amount of more than $37,000 for vinyl plank flooring for the community building. The council voted to reject that bid and asked for the matter to seek bids be brought before the council again in March.

The reason behind the rejection at the February council meeting was that the city had received a quote on the flooring that was $13,000 less than the lone February bidder on the project. However, the council was told in January by their attorney that they needed to bid out the flooring because the cost was over the $20,000 threshold, so they were not able to accept the quote on the project. The original company who had provided the cheaper quote did not bid in time the first time the council sought bids for the flooring project.

The second item approved to bid was for concrete around the maintenance shop. This concrete will be a skirting/apron around the building to walk on.

The third item approved to bid was for the 2018 sidewalk repairs. The advertisement will be for a cost per square foot. This is a bid the city does annually.

In other board news:

  • The council approved a 25 cent raise for Amboy Police Officer Joe Alletto who completed the Juvenile Certification Class.
  • The council approved hiring Gordy Koch and Rich Geiger for summer mowing.
  • The council approved an engineering study by Willett & Hoffman for the wastewater plant.
  • Amboy Mayor John Schamberger told the board about a couple events happening this week. The first is the Amboy Chamber Business After Hours on Thursday, March 22. This event will begin at 5 p.m. in the main lobby of The First National Bank in Amboy. This month’s event is sponsored by the bank and Amboy Food and Liquor.

Amboy Food and Liquor is also having it’s grand re-opening beginning with a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 25. This re-opening is to celebrate the new expansion the store recently completed.

Schamberger also thanked those involved with putting on the Amboy Living Museum this past Sunday.

He concluded that a mailer will be going out to all water users about illegal connections.

The Amboy City Council will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m., on Monday, April 16, in the Amboy Community Building.