Amador County – The Ione City Council on Tuesday approved specification gathering for roughly $100,000 dollars worth of street repair and another $40,000 to gather specs for a sewer main repairs. The latter will be specs toward repair of sewer mains at various locations around the city, and did not include the cost of engineering. The council passed both requests, including the sewer mains, also with “approval of a contract if the bid submitted is less than the engineer’s cost estimation.” The council authorized City Manager Kim Kerr to work with City Engineer Roark Weber to prepare specifications for repairs. Kerr will also release a Request for Proposals and bids for the repairs to the sewer main. The street repairs were for East Market Street and storm drain repair on Jackson Street. East Market Street had a collapse and Jackson Street has a drainage issue and needs storm drain line repairs. The council approved Kerr to work with Weber on the specs. The engineer estimated the storm drain repair on Jackson Street would cost $3,170 dollars, while the East Market Street sinkhole fix would require about $7,100 dollars worth of material and would take a crew of 4 or 5 workers about 3 days to do. Kerr said city staff could do the jobs, but recommended taking bids on the work. She said the East Jackson Street problem needed a “long-term” solution, which Weber estimated would cost $47,600 dollars, including labor cost. Arroyo Seco Street long-term work, including storm drain repair and fixing sinking sewer lines, would cost an estimated $60,000 dollars. Another project, not on the agenda, was repair of settling manholes on Fairway Drive, which Weber estimated would cost $410,280 dollars. She said that would include grinding of existing amenities, fixing dips in the road, and repairing 30 or 40 feet of failed road. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.