More street repair planned for Sidney

Some damaged city streets will soon received a little face lift.

The city received bids for the 2013-2014 crack sealing contract last week. The city budgeted $75,000 for the process this year. Sidney received bid from four companies for the project this year, which is more than the city generally received in the past. Bid prices ranged from 34 cents per foot to 96 cents per foot.

The low bid came from Bader's Highway and Street.

Bader completed crack sealing for the city in the past and did high quality work.

"They have done the contract for many years in the past and they've always done an excellent job for us," said public services manager John Hehnke at last night's city council meeting.

The council approved Bader's bid but wondered if weather was taken into consideration in the contract time frame. Hehnke replied that it was and that in some past years the crack sealing had to be finished in spring because of especially bad weather. The work is scheduled to run Nov. 18-Dec. 17 of this year, weather permitting.

Money allocated for crack sealing varied in the past and in some years the city did not provide any money for this work, said mayor Wendall Gaston.

"It's made a huge difference in our streets," he said.