Mayor Tom Donaldson said today that the city hopes to award bids next week for the construction of its proposed parking garage.

City council will have a special meeting 10 a.m. Wednesday with the intention to award bids for the about $4.6 million garage to be built near the corner of East Cunningham and South McKean streets.

Council also hopes to give the go-ahead to the sale of bonds to finance the work.

However, both moves are dependent upon the developer of the neighboring 76-room hotel project finalizing the agreement to buy the property at the corner of East Jefferson and South McKean streets — a deal the city has been waiting on for weeks.

“Everything the city does with this garage hinges on what the hotel does,” Donaldson said.

The city had previously hoped to award the bids at council’s meeting July 23, but was unable to because the J.S. Capitol, the developer of the Marriott Springhill Suites hotel, had not yet bought the property from the city redevelopment authority.

Donaldson said J.S. Capitol is now expected to buy the land on Tuesday.

“If that doesn’t happen — that’s a problem,” Donaldson said, adding the project could be at risk if it continues to have delays.

Paul Dunn, project manager for J.S. Capitol, said he expects the deal to be done next week.

“We’re confident it will get done,” he said. “We had some people out of town that delayed it, but it’s moving forward.”

Should the project move forward Wednesday, Donaldson said he wouldn’t expect a groundbreaking on the garage to occur until later in August or September.

The 239-space garage and hotel would join an already completed Rite Aid pharmacy as part of the downtown revitalization project.