Commissioners authorize multiple water, sewer and engineering contracts, including owner's-advisor agreement

May 12, 2026

The board approved a set of departmental resolutions including an owners'-advisor contract for a 42-inch transmission main rehabilitation (not to exceed $486,200), a Polydyne polymer purchase (not to exceed $426,000) and several engineering service agreements and construction bids.

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County staff presented a series of consent-agenda items covering personnel actions, contracts and engineering projects. The county administrator described a professional-services contract with Arcadia U.S. Inc. (owner's advisor) for the 42-inch concrete transmission-main rehabilitation project, with a not-to-exceed amount of $486,200, and recommended hiring outside technical support because the project scope is complex. "This project is so complex and intricate and exceeds the knowledge that we currently have on staff," the administrator told commissioners.

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