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Page 12 July 13, 1998 Mounds View City Council City of Spring Lake Park to Add Lions Name to Lakeside Park. VOTE: Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried K. Consider Approving Bids for Project 98-02 Sealcoating Alrich gave his report as follows: Per City Code bids were advertised for a period often days. Two bids had been received: Aztec Corporation at $91,883 and Allied Blacktop Company for $74, 500. Staff is recommending awarding the 1998 Sealcoat contract to Allied Blacktop at $74,500 also to include authorization for the Director of Public Works to sign all change orders up to 20 percent of the project. MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Stigney to approve staff s recommendation to award the 1998 sealcoat project to Allied Blacktop for the low bid amount of $74, 500 to include authorization for the Director of Public Works to sign all change orders up to 20 percent of the project. • VOTE: Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. L. Consider Awarding of Contract for the Purchase of a New One-ton Truck Alrich gave his report as follows: Per City Code bids were advertised for a period often days; although, none of the invited bidders turned their bids in on time. There were three bids that were received after the advertised bid date: Boyer Ford at $39,659, Lake Land Ford $37, 100, and Superior Ford at $36, 292. Staff was recommending awarding the contract to Superior Ford at $36, 292. The purchase was budgeted out of the entire street department account; including data management, snow and ice removal, and sign department. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Gunn to approve staff s recommendation to award the contract for the purchase of a new truck and dump box from Superior ford for the amount of $36, 292, VOTE: Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion carried. 8. REPORTS Quick stated the Council is looking into the possibilities of increasing the size of the police force by adding an additional three patrol officers. The City has had numerous complaints from the • residents on traffic throughout the City. The new officers would be dedicated to traffic control so that the whole City would benefit.