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Meeting Name: Public Works and Services Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/12/2025 5:30 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Racine Public Library, Community Room
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0748-25 A Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of Darlean Parham of Better Ways Deliverance Ministries, requesting to close Washington Ave from Hayes Avenue to Lindermann Ave for their church back to school give away and cookout on August 30,CommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of Darlean Parham of Better Ways Deliverance Ministries, requesting to close Hayes Ave from Washington Ave to Lindermann Ave for their church back to school give away and cookout on August 30, 2025, from noon to 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: That the street closure request be approved as per Better Ways Deliverance Ministries, per the attached stipulations. Fiscal Note: N/A   Not available Not available
0754-25 A Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of Nikola Sretenovich of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, requesting to utilize parking on both sides of State Street, from Huron St. to Superior St., and along with the east side on Superior SCommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of Nikola Sretenovich of St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, requesting to utilize parking on both sides of State Street, from Huron St. to Superior St., and along with the east side on Superior St. for their church festival on August 30th - August 31st from noon to 10 p.m. Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: That the parking request be approved as per St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, per the attached stipulations. Fiscal Note: N/A   Not available Not available
0750-25 A Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack on behalf of the City Engineer submitting Amendment 1 to Contract 2024441, Three-Party Consulting Engineering Services Contract between the City of Racine, WisDOT, and Baxter Woodman, Inc., for State ProjectCommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack on behalf of the City Engineer submitting Amendment 1 to Contract 2024441, Three-Party Consulting Engineering Services Contract between the City of Racine, WisDOT, and Baxter Woodman, Inc., for State Project ID: 2703-08-01/71, South Memorial Dr (Limits: Durand Ave. to 17th St.) Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed to sign Amendment 1 to the three-party consulting engineering services agreement between the City of Racine, WisDOT, and Baxter Woodman, Inc., for State Project ID: 2703-08-01/71, South Memorial Dr (Limits: Durand Ave. to 17th St.) for an increase of $19,860.03, the original contract amount was $208,877.22, this amendment will change the not-to-exceed contract to $228,737.25. Fiscal Note: Funding is available in the 2025-2034 Capital Improvement Plan under Org-Object 45040-57500 - Asphalt Paving   Not available Not available
0751-25 A Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack on behalf of the City Engineer requesting approval of the Transportation Project Plat for State Project ID: 2703-08-01 - S. Memorial Dr. (Limits: Durand Ave to 17th St.) Staff Recommendation to the PublicCommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack on behalf of the City Engineer requesting approval of the Transportation Project Plat for State Project ID: 2703-08-01 - S. Memorial Dr. (Limits: Durand Ave to 17th St.) Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: That the request be approved. Fiscal Note: Funding is available in the 2025-2034 Capital Improvement Plan Budget.   Not available Not available
0780-25 A Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of the Department of Public Works, submitting Change Order No. 1 to Contract 2023020 Downtown Lighting Improvements, WIL-Surge Electric, Inc., Contractors. Staff Recommendation to the PublicCommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of the Department of Public Works, submitting Change Order No. 1 to Contract 2023020 Downtown Lighting Improvements, WIL-Surge Electric, Inc., Contractors. Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25:That Change Order No. 1 to Contract 2023020 Downtown Lighting Improvements, WIL-Surge Electric, Inc., Contractors, be approved in the amount of $3,249.60. Fiscal Note: Funding for this change order is available in Org-Objects: 45040 57520 Replace City Circuits   Not available Not available
0781-25 A Subject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of the Department of Public Works, submitting final payment for Contract 2023020 Downtown Lighting Improvements, WIL-Surge Electric, Inc., Contractors Staff Recommendation to the Public WorksCommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Maack, on behalf of the Department of Public Works, submitting final payment for Contract 2023020 Downtown Lighting Improvements, WIL-Surge Electric, Inc., Contractors Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: That the work completed by A WIL-Surge Electric, Inc., Contractors, on Contract 2023020 Downtown Lighting Improvements, be accepted and final payment authorized for a total contract amount of $71,901.60. Final payment to include retainage. Fiscal Note: Contract 2023020 was authorized under Resolution No. 0447-23, dated May 16, 2023.   Not available Not available
0670-25 A Subject: Communication from Alders Jorgensen and Perez requesting consideration of placing stop signs on Lombard Avenue at St. Clair Street.CommunicationSubject: Communication from Alders Jorgensen and Perez requesting consideration of placing stop signs on Lombard Avenue at St. Clair Street. Staff Recommendation to the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: That the request be denied. Fiscal Note: N/A   Not available Not available
0168-25 A  CommunicationSubject: Communication sponsored by Alder Perez requesting to revise the plowing policy to priority plowing around a radius of 3 blocks around all private and public schools in the City. Staff Recommendation of the Public Works and Services Committee on 08.12.25: N/A Fiscal Note: 1. The effort for the above that IS NOT included in the DPW Snow & Ice Manual would require an additional $1.42M in operating costs which requires 2 additional FTE's in DPW. There are ~36 schools, both private and public, included in the City limits. 2. An additional request was the effort to contract to have all residential district routes (local streets) salted/plowed to bare pavement, similar to the main routes (highways, arterials, collectors). The additional contracted costs are $5.35M for this service. The main routes have ~88 centerline miles where the districts have ~172 centerline miles.   Not available Not available