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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO COUNCIL MEETING — OCTOBER 26, 1091 HOLIDAY DECORATIONS — CONT. It was moved by Jabbour, seconded Butler, to instruct staff to assist the Navarre Business Community in installation and storage of Christmas decorations, and to obtain the lowest most reasonable bid.for installation not to exceed $1,000. Ayes 5, nays 0. Symons explained that there is a Shoreline Beautification Fund of which one —third 'of the money can be used if the parent City matches the dollar amount used. She noted that Orono's portion of the fund is $425:00. Butler noted they may consider this after they see what the installation cost is going to be. Jabbour directed staff to get the installation bid within the $600 range so as-to allow the additional $400 to be given to the business community to use for the purchase of the decorations. (##11) BID AWARD — CITY FACILITIES — SITE PREPARATION PARTIAL PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY Moorse introduced John Davies of Kraus Anderson. Davies submitted to the Council a bid tabulation for the Public Works' portion of the project. He noted it included overall grading of the site, foundation, purchase of the building, utility work, and masonry work. The remainder of the building would be bid at a later date. Davies explained the cover sheet as follows: the contract for the city hall and police department has not yet been bid so the dollar amount estimated by Boarman has been carried over. The public works construction was budgeted for $1,176,000, of which only a portion has been bid and the rest has been taken from an estimate by Kraus Anderson, which totals to $1,175,891. Unheated storage has yet to be bid. He noted that under site development, site utilities $15,000 has been estimated to complete stormwater drainage. Soil correction was budgeted for $160,000 and was bid at $202,000. He noted they received two bids, which indicates a bid spread. He noted that both excavators felt there were worse soils than anticipated. Davies noted that of the bid, $52,000 has been distributed to the Public Works building, the remainder is under the soil correction column. All other items on the sheet are just estimates at this point. Davies noted that they are overbudgeted just in the bids. He noted that from the initial budget, they are'$31,891 over. Jabbour asked what dollar amount they were to award at this time. Davies stated that if it were awarded as recommended it would total $713,133. 10