Northport Awards $2.4M Bid For Resurfacing Projects To ST Bunn

NORTHPORT, AL — The City of Northport took the next step in the most ambitious street-paving project in the city's history on Monday as it awarded a bid for ST Bunn Construction to serve as contractor on the long list of resurfacing projects.

The City Council unanimously approved awarding the contract to the Tuscaloosa-based construction firm, with the low bid coming in at $2,421,113.09. As Patch previously reported, the full list of projects was approved by the Council in mid-July.

"It's a large project we have not seen in our history before," City Administrator Glenda Webb told Patch following the meeting. "It will be touching all of our districts and will benefit the city as whole. We're appreciative of the council's vision to award funding for such a large project."

The Council approved setting aside $2.5 million in December for the projects, with the money coming from the "Northport First" funds generated by the city's recently-implemented 1-cent sales tax.

The contract has 120 calendar days to be completed once work begins, with the notice to proceed expected to come around the first of September.

"That will be a very quick project turnaround," Council President Jeff Hogg pointed out.

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Other Council action included ...

• A mention of the city receiving a $98,147.50 grant for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management to support the city's curbside recycling program, which is utilized by roughly 25% of all households in Northport. The city will use the money to purchase a Ford F-350 truck with two trailers to then be placed at different locations not just in the City of Northport, but in Tuscaloosa County. Public Works Director Brooke Starnes pointed out that within the last year, the city had added 671 customers.
• A unanimous vote in favor of a contract for culvert repairs on Twin Oaks Road not to exceed $242,228, which comes following flooding due to Tropical Storm Claudette on June 19. The project is expected to take 6-8 weeks to complete.
• A presentation of the city's final Audit Report was tabled until the next meeting, but Webb and Hogg both stressed that the audit was clean, with no findings that would raise questions, before saying it was left on the agenda for the sake of transparency.

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