A maintenance contract with the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) will be considered by the City Council on April 26, 2010, for the state routes in the City Of Billings in a separate council memorandum. This maintenance agreement does not include the signal maintenance and sign replacement duties for those routes. The signal emergency response agreement in this council memorandum allows Public Works staff to provide emergency work on the traffic signals for the State on the routes specified within the agreement and to be compensated for that work. MDT has staff to perform emergency work on the signals but they are based in other Montana cities and they travel the state.  As such, both MDT and the city desire to have a contract for emergency signal work so the signal requiring the work is repaired as soon as possible. The state will perform routine maintenance on the signals on these routes.

The State of Montana will reimburse the City of Billings for this work based on labor, materials and equipment as specified in the agreement.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Signal Emergency Response Agreement between the City of Billings and the State of Montana.