You will see plenty of street and infrastructure improvements in Sturgeon Bay this year as the Sturgeon Bay Common Council approved awarding four significant contract bids for construction projects in the city.

The first consideration was a $610,701.08 bid by Martell Construction, which was the lowest accepted for the concrete work, while Northeast Asphalt was awarded the asphalt replacement with its $1,426,202.38 bid.  This year, City Engineer Chad Shefchik says over 3.5 miles of milling and paving of streets will be completed in Sturgeon Bay, along with two new parking lots.

Two site work projects for a proposed parking lot and a subdivision were unanimously approved.  Express Excavating was awarded the contract for a 52-stall parking lot located just west of city property at 911 N. 14th Avenue.  Lily Bay Sand & Gravel’s bid of $495,228.08 was approved for sanitary sewer, water, and site work portions of the Geneva Ridge Subdivision for 24 lots and single-family homes that are being developed.

Mayor David Ward wrapped up the meeting on Tuesday by thanking retiring Fire Chief Tim Dietman for his eight years of leading the Sturgeon Bay Fire Department.  He announced that Assistant Fire Chief Kalin Montevideo will now take over as interim Fire Chief for up to six months, as the Fire & Police Commission will meet later this month to decide how to move forward in recruiting a new fire chief.