By LeAnn R. Ralph
COLFAX — The Colfax Village has approved an agreement for professional services with Ayres Associates in the amount of $45,600 for Dunn Street.
The agreement will cover professional services for Dunn Street from Fourth Avenue to the second road in the trailer park, said Gareth Shambeau of Ayres Associates at the Colfax Village Board’s October 25 meeting.
The work will include about 750 feet of street, with no curb and gutter, storm sewer or sidewalk, along with 755 feet of new sanitary sewer and 385 feet of new water main within the village right-of-way.
The work is part of Tax Increment District No. 5 and is needed to make more lots available in the East View residential development, said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer.
The topographic survey will cost $3,800, the design and bidding phase will cost $21,600 and the supervision of construction phase will cost $20,200.
The agreement points out that 72 hours of full-time construction observation during the utility construction and part-time observation for street construction are included in the lump sum.
The construction time a contractor takes to complete the work could require additional construction observation, which would be invoiced to the village at a rate of $125 per hour beyond the hours already included in the contract, according to the agreement.
The topographic survey is expected to be completed in November, and the preliminary design and review by the village board is expected to be completed in December.
The final design phase and review of the construction plan by the village board is expected in January, and the project will be advertised for bids in February.
Construction is expected to take place next summer.
The Colfax Village Board unanimously approved the agreement for professional services with Ayres Associates for Dunn Street.
Voting in favor of approving the agreement were Village President Jody Albricht and Village Trustees Margaret Burcham, Carey Davis, Jeff Prince, Jen Rud and Gary Stene.
Village Trustee Mark Halpin was absent from the meeting.
Redistricting
The village board also approved a resolution adopting the Dunn County Redistricting Committee 2021 supervisory district plan at the October 25 meeting.
The resolution includes descriptions of the village’s two wards in District 5 of the Dunn County Board’s supervisory districts.
The village has two wards, but most village residents do not pay much attention to their ward because the village only has one polling place during elections, Niggemann said.
The Colfax Village Board unanimously approved the resolution.
Other business
In other business, the Colfax Village Board:
• Approved a training request for Autumn Wildfeuer for emergency medical technician class. According to information included in the village board’s packet, Wildfeuer moved to Colfax from Nebraska, where she had started an EMT class but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, did not finish the testing. As per the agreement, Colfax Rescue will pay for the training ($1,151) and the testing ($150) in exchange for two years of service. If Wildfeuer does not complete the class and testing, or fails to provide two years of service, she will be responsible for reimbursing the village. The cost of training is covered under the funding assistance program from the State of Wisconsin.
• Approved a bartender operator’s license for Tristan Wolff (Kyle’s Market) from October 25, 2021, to June 30, 2022.
