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Mounds View City Council March 13, 2017 Regular Meeting Page 2 Assistant City Administrator Crane requested the Council adopt a resolution canvassing the 2017 1 Special Election, which was held on Tuesday, March 7th. Staff reviewed the results and noted 2 William Bergeron would be sworn in on Monday, March 27th. 3 4 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8730, 5 Canvassing the 2017 Special Election. 6 7 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 8 9 The Council offered Council Member Elect William Bergeron a round of applause. 10 11 Council Member Elect William Bergeron, 7729 Woodlawn Drive, thanked everyone who came 12 out and voted at the Special Election. He looked forward to serving as a Council Member in the 13 City of Mounds View. 14 15 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 16 A. Resolution 8719, Accepting the Bids and Awarding the Contract for the 17 Construction of the Public Works Facility. 18 19 Public Works Director Erickson requested the Council accept the bids and award the contract for 20 the construction of the Public Works Facility. He reviewed the history of this project and noted 21 bids were opened on February 21st. He explained the low bidder was Ebert Construction. Staff 22 provided further comment on the proposed bid along with the alternatives and recommended a 23 6% contingency be included in the contract. 24 25 Council Member Meehlhause asked why there was such a discrepancy for Alternate #1 bid. 26 Public Works Director Erickson stated he was uncertain why these numbers varied so much 27 between bidders. 28 29 Council Member Meehlhause questioned where the storage containers would be located. Public 30 Works Director Erickson explained the storage containers would be placed outside of the water 31 treatment plant. 32 33 Council Member Meehlhause inquired where the SCADA system would be relocated. Public 34 Works Director Erickson indicated this would be placed in the water treatment plant as well. 35 36 Mayor Mueller thanked staff for the thorough staff report. She was pleased that the bids came in 37 $700,000 lower than was estimated by the City Engineer. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 8719, Accepting 40 the Bids and Awarding the Contract for the Construction of the Public Works Facility. 41 42 Council Member Meehlhause questioned when the Public Works Facility project would begin. 43 Public Works Director Erickson anticipated work would begin mid-April after road restrictions 44 have been lifted. 45