Mount Vernon officials opened bids June 3 for the city’s 2025–26 street resurfacing program and received three submissions that will be reviewed by the Department of Public Works. City Clerk Madaluna Fony read the bid notices into the record and said, “We received 3 submissions.”

The lowest lump-sum bid listed was $4,743,214 from Petrillo Contracting Inc. The other amounts read into the record were $5,256,190.10 from Montesano and $5,353,576 from ELQ Industries Inc.; bid bonds or deposits were recorded with the submissions. City staff said bid bonds of 1%–5% accompanied the submissions.

The bids were opened publicly and will be scored and verified by DPW leadership for conformity with the bid advertisement and specifications before any award recommendation. A DPW staff member told the council that scoring would ensure all submissions were judged on the same criteria, including asphalt grade and other technical requirements.

No contract award or formal vote was taken at the bid opening; the submissions were transmitted to DPW for evaluation and for a subsequent procurement recommendation.