Butler City Council accepted a bid Thursday from Fuller Building Group to replace the garage roof on the city’s streets department building on Kittanning Street, for a base price of nearly $106,000 and the additional bid of about $108,000 for a total of about $214,000 on Thursday.

Councilman Dan Herr said at the May 5 council forum meeting that five companies attended the pre-bid meeting for the project to gather information on the need for repairs, but Fuller Building Group was the only one to submit a bid.

The project will fix several garage bays in addition to the roof of the structure.

Herr said the initial estimate for the project was about $170,000.

The council also approved a motion made by Councilman Don Shearer increasing the indebtedness of the city by the issue of a general obligation note for $409,600 to pay for garage repairs, paving projects and vehicles for the police and parks departments.

Work on the building will likely begin next spring, because of the wait for materials, according to Butler building code official John Evans.

Council also accepted a bid from Penn Power Group for about $47,200 to replace the engine in a 2011 Spartan Metro Star chassis used by the Butler Bureau of Fire.

Butler Bureau of Fire chief Chris Switala said the engine needed to be replaced after recently blowing out.

The council also accepted a $1,069 quote from 2Krew Security & Surveillance to provide a security system in the Tier Parking Garage and offices. The motion came with an annual service cost of about $1,200.

The deal with 2Krew Security & Surveillance replaces the garage’s previous security system provider, Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP, whose contract with the city expires May 31. The annual cost of Johnson Controls Fire Protection was about $4,000.

Herr said the city will save around $3,000 with the new security system provider.

“There are a lot of expenses we could reduce,” Herr said.

The council also voted to terminate its agreement with Onsolve, which provides the Code Red messaging system to the city that sends email alerts to subscribers.

Mayor Bob Dandoy said the service costs $4,000 a year, but it is not used by many people, and they can subscribe to Butler County’s version of the service instead.

“It is just grossly underutilized,” he said.