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Mounds View City Council March 10, 2008 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> <br />Contractor Licenses for Approval. 1 <br /> 2 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 3 <br /> 4 <br /> B. Resolution 7235 Acceptance and Final Payment Approval for the Silver Lake 5 <br /> Road Sidewalk Improvement Project 6 <br /> 7 <br />Council Member Mueller indicated that she has a concern because the original amount was 8 <br />$459,277.50, but the actual cost is $474,027.70, and she sees no change orders. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Public Works Director Lee indicated that the contractor bid on unit amounts based upon the 11 <br />engineer’s estimate. He then explained that when there are more units than the engineer’s 12 <br />estimate, the costs increase. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Council Member Mueller asked whether Bonestroo would have any responsibility for this 15 <br />overrun. Director Lee indicated that there are always adjustments as construction goes on with 16 <br />every construction project. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Council Member Mueller asked whether the actual cost would have meant that another bidder 19 <br />would have been the lower bidder. Director Lee indicated that all bidders would be subject to 20 <br />these changes out in the field so all bidders amounts would go up. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Mayor Marty said that the original contract amount was $459,277.50, and it ended up being 23 <br />$474,027.70 so there was a difference of $14,750.20. He then said that the engineer’s estimate, 24 <br />before the project started, was $588,000. This came in over $100,000 under the engineer’s 25 <br />project estimate and he looks at that as being a plus for the City. 26 <br /> 27 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Approve Resolution 7235 Acceptance and Final 28 <br />Payment Approval for the Silver Lake Road Sidewalk Improvement Project. 29 <br /> 30 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 31 <br /> 32 <br />C. Resolution 7236 Acceptance and Final Payment Approval for the Medtronic 33 <br /> Utility Extension Project 34 <br /> 35 <br />Mayor Marty noted that the original engineer’s estimate was $590,000, and the original contract 36 <br />amount was $444,509, which is well over $100,000 less than the engineer’s estimate. And, the 37 <br />final construction cost was $10,000 less than that. 38 <br /> 39 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Mueller. To Approve Resolution 7236 Acceptance and Final 40 <br />Payment Approval for the Medtronic Utility Extension Project. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Council Member Mueller asked whether the contractors who completed these two projects would 43 <br />be given higher consideration for the next project based upon the work done for the City. 44