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Mounds View City Council August 22, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 29 is off the street where they park head-in. Ayes-4 Nay-1 (Flaherty) Motion carried. G. Proposal to Stripe County Crosswalks Mayor Marty stated he spoke with County Commissioners Tony Bennett and Jan Wiesner about this today and mentioned that the stripes by the senior housing needs to be repainted. He reported that Commissioner Bennett had indicated County crosswalks are on a time schedule for painting but due to the fact that it is over due and by senior housing, those stripes could be done relatively soon. Mayor Marty stated that he would like this item tabled until the County addresses the other cross walks. In addition, he is concerned about the precedent that would be set if City staff starts painting County crosswalks. Councilmember Thomas suggested this topic be discussed again at the September 12, 2005 meeting. City Administrator Ulrich reported that he spoke with Commissioner Bennett's assistant who indicated it has been referred to the County Public Works Department. He stated staff will put it on the September 12, 2005 meeting agenda for an update. H. Resolution 6601 Awarding a Construction Contract for the Emergency • Vehicle Preemption (EVP) Installation Project Public Works Director Lee advised that two bids were received and the low bid is from Eagan Companies, Inc. in the amount of $61,095. The City's engineering consultant had estimated $40,000 and submitted a note of explanation of why, in their opinion, their estimate was off from the quote received. Public Works Director Lee stated he is presenting three options for the Council's consideration: Award the bid to Egan Companies in the amount of $61,095, reject bids and direct staff to re-bid the project, or reject the bids and cancel the project. Mayor Marty stated that today he spoke at length with Public Works Director Lee on this subject. He said he had asked who did the job at Rockford and also asked about Ramsey County's preferred contractors. Public Works Director Lee stated Ramsey County reviewed the proposed contractors and developed a list of acceptable contractors for EVP systems. Option 2, to reject and re-bid, could result in getting a bid from a contractor that is not acceptable with Ramsey County and would involve showing justification of why that contractor should be considered. The. City's engineering consultant analyzed the costs to reject and re-bid, and determined there is a possibility of getting a bid of maybe 10% ($6,000) less. The estimated cost to re-bid is about • $2,000. Another consideration is a legal issue should the bids be rejected and there happens to be an incident at one of these intersections; would the City have more liability because it decided