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06 <br /> City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> October 14, 2003 <br /> Page 6 <br /> 1 Mayor Hodson asked if residents had the opportunity to go through the training, as well as <br /> 2 students. Mr. Ranallo responded absolutely. He added residents needed to "make contact,.sigi, <br /> 3 up and come down and the training will be free." He noted it was "lots of fun." <br /> 4 <br /> 5 VII. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. <br /> 6 A. Resolution 03-086, re: Award bid for construction of a Public Works facility. <br /> 7 Gary Benson, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company,noted he was the construction manager <br /> 8 for the public facilities building projects. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Mr. Benson stated Council had approved the budgets for the two projects in May of 2003 and <br /> 11 design work went forward. He noted early bids on both projects for Bid Package 1 were taken in <br /> 12 August of 2003 and that work was well under way. He explained Bid Package 1 included items <br /> 13 such as utilities and earthwork. He indicated the balance of the building had subsequently been <br /> 14 put out for bids. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Mr. Benson noted the fire station had been bid on September 23, 2003, and the public works <br /> 17 building on September 25, 2003. He indicated 88 bids had been received on 22 divisions of <br /> 18 work for the public works building and 77 individual bids on 18 trade divisions had been <br /> 19 received for the fire station. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Mr. Benson indicated a large amount of unsuitable and contaminated soil had been encountered <br /> 22 at the public works site, which had generated an unexpected cost burden that was not within the <br /> 23 budget. He stated Resolution 03-086 recommended awarding the bids, along with a number of <br /> 24 deduct alternates, to the lowest responsible bidder. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Motion by Councilmember Thuesen to adopt Resolution 03-086 relating to construction of a <br /> 27 public works facility, awarding the bid for Bid Package No. 2 to the lowest responsible bidder <br /> 28 for each Bid Division. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Discussion: <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Councilmember Horst asked if this only applied to the public works building and if this was the <br /> 33 building that came in on budget but had the additional needed soil correction. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Jeff Oertel, Oertel Architects, noted he brought a few graphic illustrations of the building and <br /> 36 site. He indicated the building had not changed much from the residents' point of view. He <br /> 37 explained the soil problems were major and would cost approximately$150,000 to correct; <br /> 38 consequently, virtually all of the deduct alternates had to be used, along with a few other items. <br /> 39 He cited purchasing a standard grade of hardware instead of the highest grade as an example of <br /> 40 cost-saving measures. <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Councilmember Horst asked if the deduct alternate used had eliminated the storage area. Mr. <br /> 43 Oertel responded that was an issue for discussion. He noted the building's north addition was <br /> 44 equivalent to $150,000 in cost, which was approximately equal to the cost of soil correction; <br /> 45 therefore, that addition was the deduct alternate chosen. He added shops, storage,police <br /> 46 impound area, etc., were located in that addition. <br /> 47 <br />