The Charleston City Council will vote on two bid awards during its meeting Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m.

The first will be for the resurfacing of University Drive from Lincoln to Hayes Avenue; Monroe Avenue from Division Street to 4th Street, and North 14th Street from Olive Street to the North City limits.

The lowest bidder for the project was Ne-Co Asphalt from Charleston who gave a bid of $231,531.45. The funds for the project are include in the budget for fiscal year 2021.

It is recommended that the council approve the bid because it was the lowest bid.

The council will also vote on accepting a bid award for tub grinding of landscape waste.

Two bids were received for the project when bid letting was held Jan. 22.

One bid of $35,400 came from R & R Services of Illinois, Inc in Argenta, Illinois and the other came from Agricycle, Inc. of Valley Park, Missouri with a bid of $28,950.

The council is recommended to approve the bid from R & R Services of Illinois, Inc. They were the lowest bidder that met the bid specifications for the project.

The council will also vote on a contract with Variety Attractions, Inc. for Red White and Blue Days.

Red, White and Blue Days is an event held every summer in Charleston in conjunction with the Fourth of July.

The contract will be for a performance from TUSK-The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute. The band will be performance will cost the city $7,500.

If approved the band will play on July 3 at 8 p.m.

The show would be free to the public and held at Morton Park.

The council will also vote on an intergovernmental agreement with the city of Taylorville for ambulance billing services.

According to the resolution, “the billing software and procedures utilized by the City of Charleston has sufficient capacity to handle the billing needs of the City of Charleston and the billing needs of the City of Taylorville… the City of Taylorville would benefit from utilization of the City of Charleston utilizing its billing services for the purposes of fire department billing for the City of Taylorville.”

If approved the contract would be in effect from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2025.

Taylorville would pay $35 per claim and would be billed monthly for claims.

The council will also vote on authorizing a lease for space in City Hall.

The continuation of the local state of emergency will also be voted on.

Following the action items, time is reserved for members of the public to address the council. No action will be taken on matters not listed on the agenda, and the Council is not required to take any further action or to discuss the matter further. Public comment can be made or submitted remotely via email to [email protected]. Those interested in submitting public comment should send emails prior to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday and indicate in the subject line: CC: 02/02/2020, so the city clerk knows the email is public comment for the meeting.

Corryn Brock can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].