HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract/bond for Water System Improvements Project RESOLUTION NO. 08-523
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
(SUMMIT AVENUE AND CRESCENT STREET)
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 Water
System Improvements Project(Summit Avenue and Crescent Street); and,pursuant to notice and hearing,
bids were received on the 19th day of November,2008,as called for in the detailed plans and specifications
as prepared by the Public Works Department and filed with the City Clerk on the 27th day of October,2008;
and,
WHEREAS,this Council has heretofore determined that the bid ofAmes Trenching and Excavating,
Inc.,of Ames,Iowa,in the amount of$224,831.00 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 and Excavating,Inc.,
of Ames, Iowa, in the amount of $224,831.00 dated the 25th day of November, 2008, for the
construction of the Water System Improvements Project(Summit Avenue and Crescent Street)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$224,831.00 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 All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the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 16th day of December, 2008.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Rice
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Mahayni, Popken, Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 16th day of December, 2008.