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Mounds View City Council February 26, 2007 Regular Meeting Page 7 C~ Public Works Director Lee noted the City received bids for the County Road 10 project on February 8 and received a total of 12. The low bid was $455,270.71 and the engineer's estimate was $533,000. He then said that there are two bidding issues to consider. The low bidder is on the Department of Administration's disbarment list and is restricted from bidding projects through the State. He further explained that, after discussing this with legal staff, there is no legal issue with awarding a contract to them. Director Lee indicated that Jay Brothers has been awarded two contracts by the City for previous projects and they performed according to the specifications. Director Lee handed out a memo from Kennedy & Graven and explained that they contacted the Department of Administration and there were no actual convictions only an indictment and other cities were contacted and all cities have indicated positive experiences with Jay Brothers and have hired them for additional projects. Director Lee indicated that awarding to Jay Brothers would lower the costs by $47,000 and this could increase the City's risk of litigation for not awarding a bid for other than legal reasons. Council Member Hull asked if Jay Brothers was disbarred when the City hired them to do Random Park. • Director Lee indicated that he does not think so. Council Member Mueller asked how the City found out about the debarment. Director Lee indicated that the City's consultant notified the City. Mark Jay 4411 Morningside Avenue, Vadnais Heights addressed Council indicating they have ongoing projects with the City of Stillwater. He then said that they completed a job in the fall of 2006 £or St. Louis Park and they just completed a project for Circle Pines. Finance Director Beer indicated that a performance bond is required to protect the City. Council Member Flaherty asked if Mr. Jay was still facing indictment. Mr. Jay indicated they were sentenced this week. He then said that he and his were sentenced to the same sentence to serve five months in a halfway house with work release and will have five months of home monitoring with work release and 30 hours of community service and three hours of probation after the 10-month period. Council Member Flaherty said that the indictment ended up being correct. • City Attorney Riggs indicated that they pled to a charge but the state is not aware of this yet so he is not sure if it was an exact plea to the indictment or not.