10-24-1986 Regular Meeting
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CITY OF CLERMONT
MINUTES
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
October 24, 1986
A Special Council Meeting was held Friday, October 22, 1986 in the
City Hall Conference Room. The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Pool at 8:00 a.m. with the following Council Members in
attend'ance: Dupee, Turville and Huff. Council Member Cole was
absent due to a prior commitment, Other City Officials present
were City Manager Saunders, City Attorney Baird, Finance Director
Van Zile, and City Engineer Springstead. Others present were
Paul Bradley, Virginia Polk and Bob Richenberg.
City Manager Saunders explained that Watson Construction Company,.
the contractor who was awarded the bids for the treatment plant
expansion and for Lift Station #6 has issued a letter withdrawing
from the contracts due to delay in returning the signed documents,
as outlined in the bid specifications. These specifications state
that the City must return the signed contacts to the contractor
within 15 days of receipt of acceptable contract documents, bonds
and insurance. The FmHA must approve contract documents and they
have issued a letter to the City that stated the contract documents
should be acceptable with some minor corrections. It is the City's
position and the FmHA's position that the City has not yet received
acceptable documents,
City Attorney Baird stated that he felt comfortable with the City's
position, but from an economic standpoint the City should negotiate
a settlement for cost of delays.
Mr. Saunders stated that the second lowest bidder's bid is $177,000
over Watson Construction Company, City Engineer Springstead stated that
rebidding the project would require 4 - 5 months and could cost
considerably more. City Manager Saunders stated that Watson Construc-
tion is asking for $100,000 for delay costs.
86-191 After much discussion, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL'MEMBER HUFF,
SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED FOR THE
STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT FOR DELAYS, SUBJECT TO COUNCIL
APPROVAL.
ABANDONED RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY
City Manager Saunders reported that Mr. Rast of CSX Systems had
verbally accepted the City's offer for the right-of-way and would
start processing the paper work.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned
at 8:45 a.m.
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Ro ert A. 001, Mayor
Attest:
, City Clerk