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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-09-28 Minutes• 'iU1 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS A special meeting of the Fayetteville City Board of Directors was held on Wednesday, September 28, 1988 at 8:30 a.m. in the City Administration Building at 113 West Mountain Street. PRESENT:;.Mayor Johnson; Directors Lancaster, Martin, and Hess; City Manager Pennington, City Clerk McWethy, members of the staff and audience. ABSENT: Directors Kelley, Marinoni and Bumpass The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, with four Directors present, for 301 the purpose of considering a resolution authorizing approval of a contract to provide engineering consultant services in connection with the wind -down of the resource recovery project; and for consideration of the award of bid for construction of improvements to Appleby Road. ENGINEER ASSIGNMENT The Mayor introduced consideration of a resolution authorizing a contract with an engineer for services connected with the disengagement from the solid waste project. City Manager Pennington said that, since the last meeting, serious negotiations with engineers Roy Weston have taken place in an attempt to get away from the conflict of interest issue which that firm was found to have with M -K Ferguson, contractor for the incinerator project. He told the Board his second choice of an engineer had been R. W. Beck. He said that, in talking with the City Attorney and the Attorney for the incinerator disengagement process, it appears that Roy Weston will assign their contract to R. W. Beck and transmit to them all information they have to this point, so the City doesn't lose anything and doesn't lose any time. He asked the Board for a motion to approve the assignment by Roy Weston to R. W. Beck. 301. 301 Director Lancaster, seconded by Martin, moved to approve the assignment. 301. The City Manager said there would be no increase in cost due to this action. 301 Director Martin asked the City Manager if he felt the City would get an adequate 301, job in light of the fact that Beck was not our first choice.. Pennington said the four engineering companies he originally considered were all highly qualified.: Martin asked if any time had been lost in the process. Pennington said that probably two or three weeks time had been lost. He said the City could not afford to lose time. He said boilers were sitting in Denmark and the City has to make a decision on what to do with them in the next week, whether to sell or store them. 301. Nimpir September 28, 1988 302.1 Upon roll call, the motion passed, 4-0. RESOLUTION NO. 71A-88 APPEARS ON PAGE OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK BID AWARD/APPLEBY ROAD 302.2 The Mayor introduced consideration of the award of bid for improvements to Appleby Road. She said the City Engineer recommended the award of bid to the lower of two bidders, Sweetser Construction Company, bidding concrete on a prepared subgrade and a 2" gravel drainage blanket. It was reported the low bid was $229,913.35, with $238,000 being budgeted for the project. 302.3 Director Martin asked what Milholland Engineers' involvement was in this project. City Manager Pennington explained the firm was the design engineer. Martin asked if there had been any exceptions to the bid specifications by either bidder. Pennington said the staff made sure that bids were sought for either asphalt or concrete surface. 302.4 Director Martin, seconded by Hess, moved to approve the award of bid to the low bidder, Jerry Sweetser Construction Company. Upon roll call, the motion passed, 4-0. ADJOURNMENT 302.5 The meeting was adjourned at about 8:50 a.m.