Butler will spend more than $147,000 on its annual street paving this summer.

Councilman Richard Schontz Jr. announced at city council Tuesday night that the lone bid to repave five streets came from Peter J. Caruso & Sons.

The $147,238 bid is more than $22,000 above the $125,000 budgeted for street paving this year.

Schontz said the extra money will be moved from a contract services line-item designated for unplanned expenses.

Cecelia Street, St. Marys Street, Fairview Avenue, each will have “micro-surfacing” work done, Schontz said. The process lays a thin layer of slurry seal down on the street before a layer of asphalt. The seal is intended to help extend the life of a street by about seven years and serves as a cheaper alternative to the traditional milling and repaving.

The section of Miller Avenue between Snyder Avenue and West Brady Street will have the traditional milling done, Schontz said.

The Butler Area Sewer Authority previously paved the section of the street between West Penn Street and Snyder Avenue after replacing piping.

Schontz said the section of Miller was a late addition to the paving plan, but was needed.

“The authority did a nice job paving,” Schontz said. “But the section left is really rough.”

The city also will finish the paving over the remaining bricks on Negley Avenue.

The work is a continuation of paving that began last year.

“We did the first half last year, and will finish it this year,” Schontz said.

The city streets department also will overlay a number of alleys in-house for $21,000, Schontz said.

Last year the city spent $99,000 for street paving.