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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,March 8,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 22.2021 ROAD MAINTENANCE PROJECT AWARD—Continued <br /> Walsh clarified the contractor knew that ahead of time for bidding because they had done all the <br /> engineering work to know what condition the roads were in. <br /> Seals said that sounds good and is what they heard when they knocked on doors many years ago: Roads, <br /> roads,and roads. <br /> Walsh said the public should know when doing these road constructions if there is a concern in <br /> someone's yard—for example,off of Wilders there were a lot of water issues and the residents brought it <br /> up during construction. The City brought in more curb and gutter than originally planned. It cost more <br /> money,but got all the water flowing correctly so it was not going into people's yards. If there are issues <br /> like that,speak up so the City can at least look at it and understand if there are any changes on the fly that <br /> need to be made as they want to be sure they do it right the first time. <br /> Seals moved,Printup seconded,to approve the 2021 Road Maintenance Project Award. VOTE: <br /> Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> 23. PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY APPROVAL OF UTILITY ENGINEERING AND DESIGN <br /> Edwards said this is something they may normally see on Consent Agenda. This item is to conduct the <br /> design and engineering for connecting water and sewer lines from the existing sewer and water system <br /> down underneath Highway 12,the railroad track,and then back up into the new parcel the City procured <br /> early this year for a future potential public works facility. Normally they would go with their already <br /> established engineering firm Bolton and Menk,and in this case they solicited proposals from two firms: <br /> Bolton and Menk and WSB. The two proposals came in pretty close,WSB at$28,736 and Bolton and <br /> Menk at$29,000. He is requesting authorization to move forward. His initial staff recommendation <br /> would be to go with WSB as they have the lower number;however,the Council may want to consider <br /> keeping it with the existing engineering firm due to the low difference and ease of someone they already <br /> have on projects. <br /> Walsh noted that essentially the bids are the same. He would suggest going with Bolton and Menk as <br /> they are the City Engineering firm and they have a good working relationship. If WSB came in at$8,000 <br /> less or something dramatic,but for a couple hundred bucks,if they can match that sounds reasonable. <br /> Crosby stated if they will match it,yes. <br /> Crosby moved,Seals seconded,to accept the bid from Bolton and Menk for the Public Works <br /> Facility Approval of Utility Engineering and Design.VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> Dave Martini from Bolton and Menk thanked the Council and said they really appreciate the partnership <br /> they have had for a lot of years. They enjoy working on fun projects like this and he thinks they have put <br /> together a good team to manage this as well as the City's Staff. <br /> Page 6 of 24 <br />