Helms and Sons Excavating was awarded the Ada street maintenance program contract for 2019. The Ada council accepted the bid this month.

The company submitted a bid of $172,756, and bids were opened in late June. The bid, posted above, lists its bid estimates for asphalt, street grinding and alley grinding.

Helms was the lowest bid received, according to Jami Hall, village administrator.

Council also accepted a bid from Dinkmar-Partner's Manufacturing Group, Galion for aleaft vaccuum system. The bid is pending a successful award of a BWC grant approval for the purchase of the $77,936 machine.