HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract and bond for WPC Facility Digester Improvements RESOLUTION NO. 14-502
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY DIGESTER IMPROVEMENTS
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
Pollution Control Facility Digester Improvements;and,pursuant to notice and hearing,bids were received
on the 27 day of August, 2014, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as prepared by the
Finance Department's Purchasing Division and filed with the City Clerk on the 22nd day of July,2014;and,
WHEREAS,this Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Eriksen Construction Co.,Inc.,
of Blair, Nebraska, in the amount of $1,615,750.00 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 Eriksen Construction Co., Inc., of
Blair, Nebraska, in the amount of$1,615,750.00 dated the 9" day of September, 2014, for the
construction of the Water Pollution Control Facility Digester Improvements as provided for in the
detailed plans and specifications referred to in the preamble hereof,and the performance bond of
the said contractor with Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America of Hartford,
Connecticut, as surety thereon, in the amount of$1,615,750.00 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 All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the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 23rd day of September, 2014.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Corrieri
Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Goodman, Nelson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 23rd day of September, 2014.