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Council approves construction award, passes resolution for Grass Valley Lift Station work
Summary
The Evanston City Council voted to award construction work for the Grass Valley Lift Station and passed Resolution 25-60 authorizing an agreement for completion of wall work; staff described the lift station as the "meat and potatoes" of the system and identified apparent low and named contractors in the meeting record.
The Evanston City Council voted to award construction work for the Grass Valley Lift Station and approved Resolution 25-60 authorizing an agreement for completion of wall work required for the project. The council took the actions during its regular meeting after staff presented bids and described the lift station as the central component of the system.
City staff member Newsome, the meeting presenter, said the lift station work "is the actual building, the pumps, the generator, and ... the heart of what will make that new system work," and told council members that apparent low bidder information was available after bids opened last week. Newsome said the "apparent low bidder was Woodard Construction." The project follows a force-main phase awarded about a year earlier, Newsome said.
Later in the meeting the council passed Resolution 25-60, read into the record by city staff member Harris, authorizing execution of an agreement with Whitaker Construction Company Inc. The transcript shows both statements: staff identified Woodard Construction as the apparent low bidder during the bid-opening discussion and the council then approved Resolution 25-60 authorizing an agreement with Whitaker Construction Company Inc for completion of wall work on the Grass Valley Lift Station. The meeting record does not include further explanation in open session for the difference between the named low bidder and the company named in the resolution.
Council members discussed contractors briefly. One council member asked whether staff or the city had prior experience with Whitaker; Newsome replied, "Not to my knowledge. The consultant who was part of this project, I believe, has spoke, favorably of them." No council member recorded an opposition on the motion or on the resolution, and the council declared both measures approved.
The project follows earlier work on the force main; the lift station contract covers the building, pumping equipment and generator required to operate the new system. The city did not detail contract amounts, schedules or the reason for naming Whitaker in the resolution rather than Woodard in open session. The council did not specify a construction start date in the public record.
Next steps and any administrative details about contract execution or change orders were not discussed on the public record at the meeting.
