HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract and Bond for North River Valley Well Field and Pipeline RESOLUTION NO. 23-267
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
NORTH RIVER VALLEY WELL FIELD AND PIPELINE PROJECT
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 North River Valley Well Field and Pipeline Project; and,pursuant to notice and
hearing, bids were received on the Yd day of March, 2023, as called for in the detailed plans and
specifications as prepared by the Water and Pollution Control Department and filed with the City
Clerk on the 20th day of January, 2023; and,
WHEREAS,the City Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Keller Excavating,
Inc. of Boone, Iowa, in the amount of$10,200,955.80 is the lowest and best bid submitted for the
construction of said project; and,
WHEREAS, the 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 Keller Excavating, Inc. of
Boone, Iowa, in the amount of$10,200,955.80 dated the 11th day of April, 2023, for the
North River Valley Well Field and Pipeline Project as provided for in the detailed plans
and specifications referred to in the preamble hereof, and the performance bond of the said
contractor with United Fire and Casualty Company, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as surety
thereon, in the amount of$10,200,955.80 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 All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed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 extent of such conflict.
ADOPTED THIS 91h day of May, 2023.
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Renee kall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Betcher
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9th day of May, 2023.