Marshall Approves $141,436 Sidewalk Payment for South Second Street

Marshall City Council | September 28, 2026

Article Summary: The Marshall City Council on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, approved a $141,436.60 first payment to Feutz Contractors, Inc., for the South Second Street sidewalk project and $7,610.17 to Farnsworth Group for preliminary engineering on the same Motor Fuel Tax section.

South Second Street Sidewalk Project Key Points:

• Pay estimate No. 1 to Feutz Contractors, Inc. of Paris: $141,436.60, against an awarded contract total of $147,680.00.
• Section number 26-00000-00-GM, funded through Motor Fuel Tax, covering work from Aug. 17 to Sept. 4, 2026.
• Six-inch sidewalk overran its awarded quantity while four-inch sidewalk came in under; seeding and mulch were billed at zero.
• A separate $7,610.17 invoice from Farnsworth Group covers preliminary engineering on the same section at 100 percent of fee.

MARSHALL — The Marshall City Council on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026, approved a $141,436.60 payment to Feutz Contractors, Inc., for sidewalk work on South Second Street, the first payment estimate on a Motor Fuel Tax project the city’s engineer certified earlier this month.

Alderman Michael Smitley made the motion and Alderman Warren LeFever seconded. All council members present voted in favor, with Alderman Greg King absent.

The engineer’s payment estimate in the agenda packet identifies the work as Section 26-00000-00-GM in Clark County, with Feutz Contractors, Inc., of 1120 N. Main St., Paris, as the payable party. The estimate covers Aug. 17 through Sept. 4, 2026, and is marked Estimate 1; the “Final” box on the form is not checked.

The eight pay items were awarded at a total of $147,680.00. Completed work to date totals $141,436.60, which the form carries through as the net cost of the section, with no previous payments and no miscellaneous extras, credits or debits recorded.

Two of the items moved in opposite directions against their awarded quantities. Four-inch PCC sidewalk was awarded at 7,850 square feet but is billed at 7,362 square feet, at $13.70 per square foot, for $100,859.40. Six-inch PCC sidewalk was awarded at 1,050 square feet and is billed at 1,466 square feet, at $14.20 per square foot, for $20,817.20. Detectable warnings came in at 78 square feet against 70 awarded, at $25.00 each, for $1,950.00, while Type B concrete curb came in at 62 feet against 75 awarded, at $105.00 per foot, for $6,510.00. Mobilization at $8,800.00 and a washout basin at $2,500.00 were each billed in full.

Two items were billed at nothing: Class 1A seeding, awarded at $3,300.00, and Mulch Method 3, awarded at $1,000.00 — both measured in acres and both showing zero quantity completed.

The form carries a checked certification that the pay estimate quantities do not require submission of a Change in Plans to the Illinois Department of Transportation. It was prepared by Barbara Healy, whose title on the form is given as engineer, and signed by her as resident engineer on Sept. 23, 2026. The local agency and regional engineer signature blocks were blank in the copy distributed with the agenda.

In a separate action, Alderman Jarod Green moved and Alderman Logan Swalls seconded approval of $7,610.17 to Farnsworth Group for Motor Fuel Tax work on the Second Street project. All council members present voted in favor.

The Farnsworth invoice, No. 272088 dated Sept. 16, 2026, is billed against project 02600682.001, “Marshall MFT 26-00000-00-GM,” and covers the period ending Sept. 4, 2026. It bills Phase 01, preliminary engineering, at a total fee of $7,610.17, described as services shown on a state-approved cost estimate dated May 20, 2026, with no previous fee billing on the phase.

Motor Fuel Tax funds are distributed to Illinois municipalities by the state and are generally restricted to street and road purposes, which is why projects drawing on them carry a state section number of the kind on both documents. The city’s Motor Fuel Tax account held $596,548.00 at the end of August, according to the treasurer’s report the council approved the same evening.