Public Infrastructure Committee - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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About this meeting

Government Body
Public Infrastructure Committee
Meeting Type
Public Infrastructure Committee
Location
Manitowoc, WI
Meeting Date
February 18, 2026

Transcript

60 sections (from 62 segments)

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Thank you.

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Thank Thank you.

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Very helpful. Mhmm. Let's see what this group

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Me too.

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Now what was that you were saying about the mayor again?

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I said I can't wait to call for a while. Well,

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It just turned to 04:00. I will call the 02/1826 Board of Public Works meeting to order. First thing on the agenda is, well, called the order. What?

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Nothing.

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Turn my desk.

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Fine. Okay. First action item is the bids for the removal or the remove and replace existing sidewalks project WSDash26Dash3. Mackenzie.

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Yes. We received two bids. Siler Brothers Construction, dollars $135,885 and Lalonde Construction Contractors, I'm sorry, dollars 280,527.88.

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I make a motion to refer the bids to Department of Public Infrastructure for calculation.

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There's a motion and a second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, aye.

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Opposed, nay. Moves on. Item three, bids for bids for complaints, removed and replaced sidewalks project WS twenty six thirteen.

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Alright. Three bids received. Sallie Brothers Construction, 77,690. Forward, 141,015 and Milan Contractors, 164,871.53. I

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move that we refer the bids to the Department of Public Infrastructure for tabulation. Second.

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There's a motion and a second to move forward to the public works for tabulation. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, aye.

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Opposed, nay. It passes unanimously. Moving on to item four, we have an appeal from a property owner for snow removal assessment. If you'd like to

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Is this

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over 815 Saint Clair Street?

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Yes. Yes. That's

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me. Sorry. That's okay. Oh.

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Well, they could join us too. But now everybody joining showed

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up. Okay.

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I'm good. Well, I'm I'm

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your appeal if you agree that if this ever happens again, you forfeit the right to come in and appeal it later. So we would just wipe this one's feet, and as long as you can move sidewalk around, you agree to that? Yeah. Okay. So then I

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sorry. Unanimous. Now this does go to the full city council, but I don't see any problem there. I

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mean Oh. Good. Good. Yeah. I don't know what happened, but okay.

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Generally we we operate on a complaint basis. Yeah. So someone called in

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complaint Yeah. Yeah.

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And and we have to go out there. And we do actually do the work, and so there is a cost incurred by the city. Sure. But in in in this instance, I think we all reviewed the materials, and we agreed we we could we could sort

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of Yeah.

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Grant the appeal in this case provided Yeah. In the future.

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I mean, normally, it's either me or my son do it. Don't I I must've been working extra that day. I

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don't Always blame

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I don't

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blame the son.

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I know. I'm gonna blame the son. No. Just kidding. I'm just kidding. We were both working hard that week. So

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And and and that's not unfortunately, that's not an excuse. No. And while we thank you for your productivity, that's not why Yeah. It made our decision. It's just a simple thing.

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We we looked at the facts and the circumstances, the pictures, and everything, and it's just one of those that as we've done in the past, it goes it it lends that itself to that. So

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Yeah. Gotcha. Gotcha.

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Thank you.

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Okay. That's it then. Okay. Thanks, guys.

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Thanks for coming in.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Couple I'm ahead

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ahead and gonna the orders, nobody gets paid. No. Item six is pay estimates. Do we have any of those? We have two. Okay.

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We have estimate number five from Benning Construction for 2025 River Point development Phase 4 in the amount of $306,604.15. And estimate number one from Shouse Mechanical for library, HVAC, rooftop, condenser, compressor, and HVAC main controls in the amount of $123,567.

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Motion to approve the pay estimates.

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There's a motion and a second to approve the pay estimates. Any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor, aye.

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Opposed, nay? Passed unanimously. And contractors payroll affidavits.

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Be surprised to hear we have none. Okay. Motion to adjourn. Second.

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There's a motion to adjourn. All those in favor?

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We are adjourned. Thank you very much.

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