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Mounds View City Council August 22, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 30 <br /> <br />not to proceed. 1 <br /> 2 <br />Mayor Marty questioned the City’s liability should a squad car hit a vehicle while responding to 3 <br />an emergency. City Attorney Riggs stated there are statutory immunity provisions and also for 4 <br />budgetary considerations such as cost benefit. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Councilmember Thomas asked if there should be a legal limitation on the bid that it has to be a 7 <br />Ramsey County approved contractor. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mayor Marty stated that is just a preference of Ramsey County. He advised that the County 10 <br />estimated $10,000 to $12,000 per intersection. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Public Works Director Lee stated that is correct and Ramsey County reviewed the quotes of 13 <br />$8,000 per intersection and felt they were very reasonable. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Councilmember Gunn referenced the Bonestroo letter and noted the factors stated by the 16 <br />consulting engineer are that the Highway 10 intersections in Mounds View are larger than in 17 <br />Rockford, they are overloaded with conduits so wire will have to be pulled, higher traffic 18 <br />volumes on Highway 10 factored more heavily in the cost because it will result in more extensive 19 <br />measures to keep traffic safety effectively controlled, and EVP systems increased in cost by $300 20 <br />to $400 per system. 21 <br /> 22 <br />City Attorney Riggs stated that staff poses this as a quote process because it was not advertised 23 <br />as a bid. However, the cost is over $50,000 so the safest course is to put it out for bid. 24 <br /> 25 <br />MOTION/SECOND. Marty/Stigney. To direct staff to bid for the Emergency Vehicle 26 <br />Preemption (EVP) Installation Project. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Councilmember Thomas asked if the bid document should include the requirement that the 29 <br />bidder be a Ramsey County approved vendor. Then the bid would automatically be approved by 30 <br />Ramsey County. She noted that is no more of a limit than if Ramsey County were doing it 31 <br />themselves. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Mayor Marty noted if a low bid comes in from a contractor that Ramsey County has had 34 <br />problems with, the City is not obligated to take that bid. 35 <br /> 36 <br /> Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 37 <br /> 38 <br />I. Resolution 6604 Requesting that Ramsey County Install a Signalized 39 <br />Intersection at Silver Lake Road and County Road H 40 <br /> 41 <br />Mayor Marty stated he talked with County Commissioners Jan Wiessner and Tony Bennett about 42 <br />this issue. Commissioner Wiessner indicated she knew someone who served on the school 43 <br />crossing guard committee and would check into getting crossing guards since this location is 44 <br />about two blocks from Sunnyside School. He stated he had explained the traffic counts and that 45