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Annual street resurfacing contracts: awards, increases and trend

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From June 18, 2018 to May 18, 2026 the City Council approved 9 annual street resurfacing contracts, each on the consent agenda and each for the lowest bid, totaling $12,679,101.26. Awards ranged from $666,193.15 to $2,726,729.50: close to their budgets in the early programs, highest in the three programs before the latest and lowest in the latest one. The Council approved purchase order increases totaling $88,347.42, on December 21, 2020 and July 18, 2022, and warrant reports show year-to-date payments to the contractor equal to each contract plus its increase.

Why this connection matters

Street resurfacing is a yearly City road contract paid mostly from the Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) Fund; the awards show how much the Council has committed to resurfacing each year and how that has changed.

Research as of · 8 independent sources of evidence.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. Source record

    One contract a year, each for the lowest bid

    From June 18, 2018 to May 18, 2026 the City Council approved 9 street resurfacing contracts, one per program year, each on the consent agenda. Each year the staff memo recommended the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, and each approved amount equals the lowest bid the memo reported. Arrow Road Construction won the contracts approved on May 18, 2020, February 22, 2022 and April 17, 2023; Builders Paving won those approved on May 20, 2019, May 6, 2024 and May 19, 2025.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-06-18, City Council, Jun 18 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2019-07-08, Committee of the Whole, Jul 8 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Contract for the 2022 Street Resurfacing Program, 22-00000-02-GM, with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $918,513.00, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-06-18, City Council, Jun 18 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Contract for the 2022 Street Resurfacing Program, 22-00000-02-GM, with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $918,513.00, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Bid tabulation of Approve the Contract for the 2023 Street Resurfacing Program with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $2,057,592.89 (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 17 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-05-18, City Council, May 18 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-02-22, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
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  2. Source record

    Early programs stayed close to their budgets

    The contracts approved from June 18, 2018 through February 22, 2022 ranged from $914,953.24 to $1,353,058.55, against budgets of $1,000,000 to $1,400,000 stated in the award memos. Only the contract approved on May 20, 2019 exceeded its budget: minutes report it at $1,135,088 against $1,100,000, and on July 15, 2019 the Council approved a budget amendment of $35,088 to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for the difference.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-06-18, City Council, Jun 18 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2019-07-08, Committee of the Whole, Jul 8 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2019-07-15, City Council, Jul 15 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-06-18, City Council, Jun 18 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-02-22, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-05-17, City Council, May 17 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve the Contract for the 2019 Street Resurfacing Program, 20-00000-01-GM, with Builders Paving LLC (Memorandum), City Council, May 20 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a budget amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, City Council, Jul 15 2019. Open the quote and source.
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  3. Source record

    Larger programs in the three years before the latest

    The contract approved on April 17, 2023 was $2,057,592.89, above that year's budget of $1,900,000, which included $900,000 from Rebuild Illinois funds. On December 4, 2023 the Council approved a budget amendment and transfer of $172,471.43 for expenses that staff reported remained on that program and the Dee Road Rehabilitation Project. The next contracts were $1,907,808 against a budget of $2,000,000, and $2,726,729.50 against $3,000,000, the largest award in the series.

    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a contract for the Street Resurfacing Program with Builder’s Paving LLC., in the amount of $2,726,729.50 (Memorandum), City Council, May 19 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-04-17, City Council, Apr 17 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Budget Amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund and a Budget Transfer to the Rebuild Illinois (RBI) Fund for RBI Expenses in the amount of $172,471.43 (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-12-04, City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-05-19, City Council, May 19 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2024-05-06, City Council, May 6 2024. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Bid tabulation of Approve the Contract for the 2023 Street Resurfacing Program with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $2,057,592.89 (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 17 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Bid tabulation of Approve the Contract for the 2023 Street Resurfacing Program with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $2,057,592.89 (Memorandum), City Council, Apr 17 2023. Open the quote and source.
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  4. Calculation

    A much smaller latest program

    The contract approved on May 18, 2026 was $666,193.15 against a budget of $700,000, or 24.4% of the previous year's award. Its memo describes a shorter length of roadway than in earlier years, with pavement patching and a fiber additive included in the accepted bid.

    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-05-19, City Council, May 19 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Contract for the Street Resurfacing Program with Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc., in the Amount of $666,193.15 (Memorandum), City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-05-19, City Council, May 19 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Contract for the Street Resurfacing Program with Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc., in the Amount of $666,193.15 (Memorandum), City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.

  5. Calculation

    The series in totals

    Across the 9 contracts, the approved amounts total $12,679,101.26 before any increases. The largest, $2,726,729.50, was approved on May 19, 2025; the smallest, $666,193.15, is the latest, approved on May 18, 2026.

    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2019-07-08, Committee of the Whole, Jul 8 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-06-18, City Council, Jun 18 2018. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 5 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2021-05-17, City Council, May 17 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-02-22, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2023-04-17, City Council, Apr 17 2023. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-05-19, City Council, May 19 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
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  6. Source record

    Council-approved increases for Arrow Road Construction

    The Council approved purchase order increases on December 21, 2020 and July 18, 2022, both for Arrow Road Construction: $43,489.39 for the contract approved on May 18, 2020, whose original amount was $914,953.24, and $44,858.03 for the contract approved on February 22, 2022, whose original amount was $918,513. Together they total $88,347.42. For the second, staff reported the total would stay under the budget of $1,000,000. No other increase to these contracts appears in the minutes reviewed.

    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-07-18, City Council, Jul 18 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-12-21, City Council, Dec 21 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-02-22, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 7 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-12-21, City Council, Dec 21 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-02-22, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-07-18, City Council, Jul 18 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Purchase Order Increase for the FY22 Street Resurfacing Program for Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $44,858.03 (Memorandum), City Council, Jul 18 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Purchase Order Increase for FY21 Street Resurfacing Project for Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $43,489.39, City Council, Dec 21 2020. Open the quote and source.
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  7. Source record

    Payments in the two increase years match the increased amounts

    Warrant reports give, for each vendor paid, a running total of the fiscal year's payments. As of December 30, 2020 and July 27, 2022, the totals paid to Arrow Road Construction in the fiscal years of the two increases were $958,442.63 and $963,371.03, each equal to the original contract plus its increase.

    • p. 1 · Warrant report of Warrant Report C123020 for period ending December 30, 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 in the amount of $954,199.79 reviewed by Alderman Hartwig, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 7 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-12-21, City Council, Dec 21 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Warrant report of Warrant Report C123020 for period ending December 30, 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 in the amount of $954,199.79 reviewed by Alderman Hartwig, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-02-22, City Council, Feb 22 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-07-18, City Council, Jul 18 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of Committee of the Whole minutes, 2020-12-14, Committee of the Whole, Dec 14 2020. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Warrant report of Warrant Report C072722 for period ending July 27, 2022 Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of $1,243,469.91 reviewed by Alderman Biagi., City Council, Aug 1 2022. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 2 · Warrant report of Warrant Report C072722 for period ending July 27, 2022 Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of $1,243,469.91 reviewed by Alderman Biagi., City Council, Aug 1 2022. Open the quote and source.

  8. Open question

    Why the latest program is smaller is not stated

    The reduction appears in the budget itself: the capital plan in the proposed budget presented at the public hearing for the latest program year lists the MFT-funded street resurfacing line at $600,000, down from $2,950,000 in the prior year's revised budget, and the pavement patching line at $100,000; the award memo gives the year's budget as $700,000. The same plan budgets $1,167,547 from the fund for the Dee Road STP resurfacing project, less than the drop in the resurfacing line. None of the records reviewed says whether the Dee Road project, the fund's finances or something else is why the annual program shrank.

    • p. 149 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 149 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 110 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Contract for the Street Resurfacing Program with Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc., in the Amount of $666,193.15 (Memorandum), City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 110 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 149 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Furthest stage the records establish: Awarded.

Annual street resurfacing contracts approved
9
Contracts approved by the City Council from June 18, 2018 to May 18, 2026, one per program year.
Calculation
Total awarded across all program years
$12,679,101.26
Sum of the approved contract amounts from June 18, 2018 to May 18, 2026, before any increases.
Calculation
Largest single-year award
$2,726,729.50
The highest approved contract amount in the series.
Calculation
Smallest single-year award
$666,193.15
The lowest approved contract amount in the series.
Calculation
Council-approved purchase order increases
$88,347.42
Sum of the increases approved on December 21, 2020 and July 18, 2022.
Calculation
Latest award as a share of the previous year's
24.4%
The contract approved on May 18, 2026 divided by the one approved on May 19, 2025.
Calculation

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Read the original sources

  1. 1.Approve a contract for the 2020 Street Resurfacing Program, 21-00000-01-GM, with Arrow Road Construction

    City of Park Ridge

  2. 2.Approve a budget amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund

    City of Park Ridge

  3. 3.Approve a contract for the FY2024 Street Resurfacing Program with Builders Paving of Hillside, IL in the amount of $1,907,808.00 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  4. 4.Approve the Contract for the 2021 Street Resurfacing Program, 22-00000-01-GM, with Brothers Asphalt Paving, Inc. in the amount of $999,164.93.

    City of Park Ridge

  5. 5.Approve the Contract for the 2018 Street Resurfacing Program, 19-00000-01-GM, with J. A. Johnson Paving Co., in the amount of $1,353,058.55

    City of Park Ridge

  6. 6.City Council minutes, 2022-02-22

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2022-03-08

  7. 7.Approve a Purchase Order Increase for the FY22 Street Resurfacing Program for Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $44,858.03 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  8. 8.Committee of the Whole minutes, 2019-07-08

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2019-07-16

  9. 9.City Council minutes, 2019-05-20

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2019-06-04

  10. 10.City Council minutes, 2020-05-18

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2020-06-02

  11. 11.Approve the Contract for the 2022 Street Resurfacing Program, 22-00000-02-GM, with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $918,513.00

    City of Park Ridge

  12. 12.Approve the Contract for the 2023 Street Resurfacing Program with Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $2,057,592.89 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  13. 13.City Council minutes, 2022-07-18

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2022-08-02

  14. 14.Approve a Purchase Order Increase for FY21 Street Resurfacing Project for Arrow Road Construction Company in the amount of $43,489.39

    City of Park Ridge

  15. 15.City Council minutes, 2023-12-04

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-01-04

  16. 16.Warrant Report C072722 for period ending July 27, 2022 Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of $1,243,469.91 reviewed by Alderman Biagi.

    City of Park Ridge

  17. 17.Approve a Budget Amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund and a Budget Transfer to the Rebuild Illinois (RBI) Fund for RBI Expenses in the amount of $172,471.43 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  18. 18.City Council minutes, 2018-06-18

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2018-07-03

  19. 19.Committee of the Whole minutes, 2020-12-14

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2021-01-20

  20. 20.Approve a Contract for the Street Resurfacing Program with Schroeder Asphalt Services, Inc., in the Amount of $666,193.15 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  21. 21.City Council minutes, 2020-12-21

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2021-01-20

  22. 22.City Council minutes, 2021-05-17

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2021-06-08

  23. 23.Approve a contract for the Street Resurfacing Program with Builder’s Paving LLC., in the amount of $2,726,729.50 (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  24. 24.City Council minutes, 2019-07-15

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2019-08-06

  25. 25.City Council minutes, 2026-05-18

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2026-06-02

  26. 26.City Council minutes, 2024-05-06

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2024-05-31

  27. 27.City Council minutes, 2023-04-17

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2023-05-02

  28. 28.City Council minutes, 2025-05-19

    City of Park Ridge · dated 2025-06-18

  29. 29.Approve the Contract for the 2019 Street Resurfacing Program, 20-00000-01-GM, with Builders Paving LLC (Memorandum)

    City of Park Ridge

  30. 30.Warrant Report C123020 for period ending December 30, 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 in the amount of $954,199.79 reviewed by Alderman Hartwig

    City of Park Ridge

  31. 31.Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget

    City of Park Ridge

What remains unresolved?

What the evidence does not establish

  • Whether each year's work was completed as bid, and the final quantities; payment totals show payments, not completion.
  • Payments on the latest contract, which do not yet appear in the warrant reports reviewed.
  • Why the programs grew in the three years before the latest, beyond the Rebuild Illinois money added to the program approved on April 17, 2023, and why the latest program shrank.
  • The program awarded before these records begin, and separate street projects or crack sealing, patching, alley and parking lot contracts.
  • A cost per mile or per square yard, since roadway lengths appear only in memo text.
  • What was paid on the programs without increases, which this finding does not total.
  • Whether the warrant reports reviewed list every payment on these contracts; a few check numbers in the fund's sequence appear in no report reviewed.

  • Annual IDOT resolutions to use Motor Fuel Tax funds

    They record the fuel-tax amount the Council approved for each year's program and could show whether funding or prices drove the changes.

  • Warrant reports after the latest award

    They would show payments on the latest contract and any later payments on earlier ones.

  • Final pay estimates or final inspection records for each contract

    They would confirm completion and final quantities, which the minutes and memos do not show.

  • Budget discussions of the Motor Fuel Tax Fund for the latest program year

    They may explain the smaller program and how the City's Dee Road share was funded.

  • Motor Fuel Tax Fund balances in the annual financial reports

    Fund revenue and balances limit how large each year's program can be.

  • Complete check registers for the Motor Fuel Tax Fund

    They would show whether checks missing from the warrant reports reviewed went to these contractors, and so confirm each program's total paid.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

Records show one street resurfacing contract a year, each approved on the consent agenda for the lowest bid. Awards stayed near the early budgets, were highest in the three programs before the latest and fell to $666,193.15 in the latest year. Council-approved increases totaled $88,347.42, and warrant reports show year-to-date payments to the contractor equal to each contract plus its increase.

Searched City Council and Committee of the Whole records from Jun 18 2018 to May 18 2026 (bid tabulations, approved minutes, staff reports, warrant reports).

Confidence
Medium confidence
Awards and increases come from approved minutes and match the staff memos. Budget figures are less firm: the memo budgets differ from the budget documents in places, and the City's fiscal-year labels changed. Payments are compared with awards only for the two programs with increases.

What supports it

  • Approved minutes record the first contract in the series and its amount.
    • p. 6 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2018-06-18, City Council, Jun 18 2018. Open the quote and source.
  • Approved minutes record the largest award, which included the fiber additive alternate.
    • p. 2 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2025-05-19, City Council, May 19 2025. Open the quote and source.
  • Approved minutes record the latest and smallest award.
    • p. 4 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2026-05-18, City Council, May 18 2026. Open the quote and source.
  • Approved minutes record the first Council-approved purchase order increase.
    • p. 7 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2020-12-21, City Council, Dec 21 2020. Open the quote and source.
  • Approved minutes record the second Council-approved purchase order increase.
    • p. 3 · Approved minutes of City Council minutes, 2022-07-18, City Council, Jul 18 2022. Open the quote and source.
  • The warrant report's year-to-date total paid to the contractor equals the original contract plus the approved increase.
    • p. 1 · Warrant report of Warrant Report C123020 for period ending December 30, 2020 Fiscal Year 2021 in the amount of $954,199.79 reviewed by Alderman Hartwig, City Council, Jan 19 2021. Open the quote and source.
  • The warrant report's year-to-date total paid to the contractor equals the contract plus the approved increase.
    • p. 2 · Warrant report of Warrant Report C072722 for period ending July 27, 2022 Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of $1,243,469.91 reviewed by Alderman Biagi., City Council, Aug 1 2022. Open the quote and source.
  • Staff reported that the award approved on April 17, 2023 exceeded its original budget.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Budget Amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund and a Budget Transfer to the Rebuild Illinois (RBI) Fund for RBI Expenses in the amount of $172,471.43 (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
  • Approved minutes record the roll call that carried the consent agenda including the first award in the series.
  • Approved minutes record the roll call that carried the consent agenda including the largest award.
  • Approved minutes record the roll call that carried the consent agenda including the latest award.

What points the other way

  • The proposed budget lists the latest year's street resurfacing line at $600,000, below the $700,000 budget the award memo cites; the gap may be the separate patching line, which the records do not confirm.
    • p. 149 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.
  • The later budget amendment covered expenses remaining on two projects together, so the part owed on the resurfacing program alone is not shown.
    • p. 1 · Staff memo of Approve a Budget Amendment to the Motor Fuel Tax Fund and a Budget Transfer to the Rebuild Illinois (RBI) Fund for RBI Expenses in the amount of $172,471.43 (Memorandum), City Council, Dec 4 2023. Open the quote and source.
  • Part of the largest award reflects an optional fiber additive; without it the low bid was $2,649,808, so not all of that year's increase is more pavement.
  • The capital plan's revised street resurfacing line for the prior year, $2,950,000, differs from the $3,000,000 budget in that year's award memo, so the memo budgets used here may not match the budget documents.
    • p. 149 · Staff memo of Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, City Council, Dec 15 2025. Open the quote and source.

Assumptions

  • Each year's contract is treated as that year's program, and the budget stated in each award memo as its budget, although the City's fiscal-year labels changed during the period.
  • The year-to-date totals paid to the contractor in the fiscal years of the two increases are attributed to those contracts, although such a total covers every payment to the vendor that year.
  • The award memo's budget for the latest year appears to combine the proposed budget's street resurfacing and pavement patching lines.

Other explanations

  • The smaller latest program may reflect the Motor Fuel Tax Fund also paying for the Dee Road STP resurfacing project in the same budget year, shown at $1,167,547; that line is smaller than the drop in the resurfacing line, and no record reviewed states it as the reason. (still open)
  • The latest program may also reflect the fund's finances: the proposed budget projected the fund's prior-year spending at $2,996,000 against income of $1,855,000, and set the latest year's spending at $1,917,547 against income of $1,830,000; no record reviewed states this as the reason. (still open)
  • Higher awards in the three years before the latest may reflect higher prices as well as more roadway; the memos describe longer lengths than in the programs just before them, but a cost per mile is not computed here. (still open)
  • Payments on the programs without increases could differ from their awards, since they are not totaled here; no other increase for these contracts appears on any agenda reviewed. (still open)

What would change this

  • A record shows another street resurfacing contract, or another Council-approved increase, in any program year covered here.
  • Warrant reports not reviewed show further payments that take a year's total above its award plus approved increases.
  • A budget document or memo states why the latest program is smaller.

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 3(current)

    Edition 3: 14 revised.

  2. Edition 2

    Edition 2: 14 revised.

  3. Edition 1

    First edition.

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