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Home My WebLink About~Master - Contract/bond for 2006/07 Water System Improvements Project RESOLUTION NO. 06-431 RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 2006/07 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT (WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT) FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,this City Council has heretofore determined it advisable and necessary that certain improvements be constructed in the City of Ames, Iowa, such project having been designated as the 2006/07 Water System Improvements Project(Water Main Replacement); and,pursuant to notice and hearing,bids were received on the 20t'day of September,2006, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as prepared by the Public Works Department and filed with the City Clerk on the 22"d day of August, 2006; and, WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Ames Trenching & Excavating,Inc.,of Ames,Iowa,in the amount of$447,893.00 is the lowest and best bid submitted for the construction of said project; and, WHEREAS, contract in the form provided in said plans and specifications has been executed by said contractor, and satisfactory performance bond has been filed by said contractor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. The contract between the City of Ames,Iowa, and Ames Trenching&Excavating, Inc., of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of$447,893.00 dated the 26t'day of September, 2006, for the construction of the 2006/07 Water System Improvements Project(Water Main Replacement) as provided for in the detailed plans and specifications referred to in the preamble hereof, and the performance bond of the said contractor with Old Republic Surety Company of Wisconsin as surety thereon,in the amount of$447,893.00 filed in connection therewith,be and the same are hereby approved. Section 2. All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extend of such conflict. ADOPTED THIS 24t''day of October, 2006. AJ Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell,Mayor Introduced by: Doll Seconded by: Popken Voting aye: Doll, Hamilton,Mahayni, Popken, Rice Voting nay: None Absent: Goodman Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 24t'day of October, 2006.