City Council considers $130K in change orders for Columbia Street reconstruction

The Litchfield City Council met July 2 with a full agenda of street repair contracts and demolition projects, including $130,062 in change orders for the ongoing Columbia Street reconstruction. Details of votes taken were not immediately available as minutes had not been published by press time.

City Council

The July 2 agenda included a recommendation to approve $130,062 in change orders for the Columbia Street project, awarded to Rooters Asphalt. A separate $4,500 change order for Jackson Street reconstruction, also with Rooters Asphalt, was listed.

A second paving contract—$86,648 for milling and resurfacing East Prairie and Illini Court—was to be awarded to DeLaurent Construction. The council also weighed a $28,350 bid from Stutz Excavating to demolish structures at 115 East Corwin and 843 South Montgomery.

In addition, members were scheduled to approve demolition agreements for properties at 314 East Ryder Street and 410 North Jackson Street. A proposal to create a new Director of Public Works position also appeared on the agenda.

Economic Development Commission

The Economic Development Commission convened June 24 to review a business assistance request for a property at 213 South Jefferson. Details of that discussion, which included staff reports and remarks from the mayor, were not published by midweek.

An identical item—a business assistance request for 213 South Jefferson—appears on the commission’s July 8 agenda, indicating the matter may carry forward.

Planning and Zoning

A June 29 meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was cancelled, and no reason was given in the public notice. The board’s next meeting, set for July 6, includes public hearings on a series of development proposals.

Coming up

The Planning and Zoning Board will hold public hearings July 6 to consider a text amendment allowing short-term rentals in multi-family districts, a special use permit for K&Z Enterprises at 601 South State Street, and a zoning change from residential to multi-family for 213 South Jefferson. Two development plans are also on the agenda: a large-scale site plan for Pittsburg Pipe at 11 Skyview Drive and a minor subdivision for Casey’s at 414 North Old Route 66.

The Economic Development Commission will meet again July 8 with a single new-business item—the business assistance request for 213 South Jefferson.

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