HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract and Bond for 2011/12 Water System Improvements RESOLUTION NO. 11-361
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
2011/12 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
(WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT FOR GRAEBER STREET/HUGHES AVENUE)
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 2011/12
Water System Improvements(Water Main Replacement for Graeber Street/Hughes Avenue);and,pursuant
to notice and hearing,bids were received on the 22"d day of June, 2011, as called for in the detailed plans
and specifications as prepared by the Public Works Department and filed with the City Clerk on the 191}i day
of May, 2011; and,
WHEREAS,this Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Ames Trenching&Excavating,
Inc.,of Ames,Iowa,in the amount of$155,533.00 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$155,533.00 dated the 28t1i day of June,2011,for the construction
of the 2011/12 Water System Improvements(Water Main Replacement for Graeber Street/Hughes
Avenue)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 of the State of
Wisconsin, as surety thereon, in the amount of$155,533.00 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 All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the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 26"'day of July, 2011.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor —
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Mahayni
Voting aye: Goodman, Mahayni, Orazem, Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: Davis, Larson
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26`' day of July, 2011.