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Illinois Street Closure

Date: 
July 17, 2017 - 8:00am to July 21, 2017 - 5:00pm

Starting immediately, Illinois Street from Lincoln Avenue to Gregory Street will be closed to through traffic until Friday, July 21, 2017, due to an emergency communications utility repair.

Access to University of Illinois parking lots along this section will be available.

We appreciate your patience while this event is underway.

Phone Service Restored at Urbana City Building; Other Outages Remain As AT&T Works To Restore Service

Date: 
July 17, 2017 - 8:00pm to July 21, 2017 - 5:00pm

Phone CablesTelephone service to the Urbana City Building was fully restored about 9:45 a.m. today (July 18), as AT&T crews worked around the clock to splice together thousands of copper lines that were accidentally severed Friday afternoon by a city contractor.

The accident has left a significant number of land-line customers in Urbana without service and full restoration of service might take as long as Friday. AT&T has had crews of eight working on splicing together the copper lines, working 24 hours a day, since this weekend.

Five cables, each containing 2,400 pairs of lines, were damaged in the accident, two of them completely severed.

The incident occurred early Friday afternoon, when a city contractor was installing a new street light and damaged a large AT&T phone duct that had multiple cables in it, according to John Collins, Public Works operation manager.

Closed: Request For Proposals for City Administrator Recruitment Services

Date: 
July 31, 2017 - 5:00pm

CLOSED

The City of Urbana (“the City”) respectfully requests proposals for City Administrator recruitment services from qualified executive search firms.

The executive search for this position will be a joint effort between the City of Urbana and the selected Vendor. All candidate applications and resumes received by the City’s Human Resources Division will be forwarded to the selected Vendor.

The purpose of collecting registration information is so that we can properly notify all recipients of addenda and answers to submitted questions.

Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 PM on July 31, 2017. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to re-advertise the proposal, and to waive technicalities

Elm Street Closure

Date: 
July 10, 2017 - 7:00am to July 21, 2017 - 5:00pm

As part of the 2016-2018 Miscellaneous Sewer Repair Project, and weather permitting, Duce Construction will be making a repair to the brick arch storm sewer and will close Elm Street between Busey Avenue and Coler Avenue to all thru traffic starting on Monday, July 10, 2017 at 7:00 a.m. through Friday, July 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

Access to all driveways and properties will be maintained throughout the storm sewer repair. A detour route utilizing South Busey Avenue to West Green Street to South Coler Avenue to West Elm will be marked to route traffic around the construction zone.

Motorists are encouraged to drive carefully through this and all construction areas. Thank you for your cooperation while this improvement is in progress.

Closed: Request for Bids: Full Depth Concrete Patching Project

Date: 
July 7, 2017 - 1:55pm

CLOSED

Sealed BIDS for the construction of the 2017 Full Depth Concrete Patching Project (City Section 17-00585-00-PV) including: 10” Class B Patching; curb and gutter removal and replacement; and other incidental work will be received by the City of Urbana at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover, Urbana, Illinois 61802 until 1:55 p.m. prevailing time on Friday, July 7, 2017 and publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. at said office.

The Bid Documents may be examined and copies obtained at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802.

Additional bid information is contained in the document below.

Hagan Boulevard Closure

Date: 
June 20, 2017 - 7:00am to June 30, 2017 - 5:00pm

As part of the 2016-2018 Miscellaneous Sewer Repair Project, and weather permitting, Duce Construction will be doing storm sewer repairs and will close all lanes to through traffic on Hagan Boulevard between Kenyon Road and Ashmore Drive starting on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 7:00 a.m. through Friday, June 30, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

Access to all driveways will be maintained throughout construction. A detour route will be used to guide traffic around the construction site and traffic control will be in place to guide motorists.

Motorists are encouraged to drive carefully through this and all construction areas. Thank you for your cooperation while this improvement is in progress.

Michigan Avenue Closure

Date: 
June 19, 2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

Due to public safety concerns, on Monday, June 19, 2017 Michigan Avenue between Orchard Street and Busey Avenue will be closed from 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. for an emergency tree removal.

Thank you for your cooperation while this removal is in progress.

Closed: Request for Bids: North Lincoln Avenue Resurfacing Project

Date: 
July 6, 2017 - 1:55pm

CLOSED

Sealed BIDS for the construction of the N. Lincoln Avenue Resurfacing (City Section 16-00576-00-RS) including: hot-mix asphalt mainline; hot-mix asphalt surface removal; pavement patching; curb and gutter removal and replacement; sidewalk curb ramp removal and replacement; and other incidental work will be received by the City of Urbana at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover, Urbana, Illinois 61802 until 1:55 p.m. prevailing time on Thursday, July 6th, 2017 and publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. at said office.

The Bid Documents may be examined and copies obtained at the office of the Director of Public Works, 706 South Glover Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802.

Bid details are listed in the document below.

Church Street Closure

Date: 
June 21, 2017 - 7:00pm to June 22, 2017 - 7:00am

Church Street from Orchard Street to the intersection of McCullough Street and Park Street will be closed from 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 through 7:00 a.m. Thursday, June 22, 2017 for street repairs and maintenance.

We appreciate your patience while this work is underway.

CLOSED: Request for Proposal for Canine Trained in Narcotics Detection, Tracking, & Article Searches

Date: 
June 30, 2017 - 5:00pm

CLOSED

The City of Urbana is seeking proposals from qualified vendors for a canine with various training requirements.

Proposals will be accepted no later than 5 p.m. on June 30, 2017.

Questions regarding the request for proposal should be directed to Lt. Rich Surles at the Urbana Police Department. He may be reached via email at surlesrh@urbanaillinois.us or by telephone at 217-384-2330.

The proposal shall include initial training, as well as maintenance training of a canine handler with the same designated canine. Qualification of the vendors shall be made available to the City of Urbana upon demand in order for a proposal to be considered.

The specifics of the proposal are listed in the document below.