HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Resolution approving contract & bond for 2025/26 Water System Improvements Program with Iowa Water & Waste SystemsRESOLUTION NO. 26-370
RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT AND BOND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
2025/26 WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM
(BARR DRIVE, DOUGLAS AVENUE - 16TH STREET TO O'NEIL DRIVE,
AND 17TH STREET DOUGLAS AVENUE TO DEAD END)
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 2025/26 Water System Improvements Program
(Barr Drive, Douglas Avenue - 16th Street to O'Neil Drive, and 17th Street Douglas Avenue
to dead end); and, pursuant to notice and hearing, bids were received on the 20th day of
May, 2026, as called for in the detailed plans and specifications as prepared by the Public
Works Department and filed with the City Clerk on the 28th day of April, 2026; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore determined that the bid of Iowa Water
& Waste Systems, of Boone, IA, in the amount of $881,271.90 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 One. The Contract between the City of Ames, Iowa, and Iowa Water &
Waste Systems, of Boone, IA, in the amount of $881,271.90 dated the 26th day of
May, 2026, for the 2025/26 Water System Improvements Program (Barr Drive,
Douglas Avenue - 16th Street to O'Neil Drive, and 17th Street Douglas Avenue to
dead end) as provided for in the detailed plans and specifications referred to in the
preamble hereof, and the performance bond of the said contractor with Merchant
Bonding Company (Mutual), of West Des Moines, IA, as surety thereon, in the
amount of $881,271.90 filed in connection therewith, be and the same are hereby
approved.
Section Two. All resolutions or order or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict.
ADOPTED THIS 9th day of June, 2026.
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Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Corrieri
Seconded by: Junck
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Junck, Gartin, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9th day of June, 2026.