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Council hears award for large cast‑iron water replacement and debate over inspection overages on earlier phase
Summary
Staff recommended awarding a roughly $4.1 million contract for phase‑2 cast‑iron water main replacement and reported inspection-contract overages on phase‑1 that prompted concerns from council about management and communication.
Public utilities staff asked the Fairhope City Council work session to approve awarding the construction contract for phase 2 of the cast‑iron replacement program and to accept an inspection-contract overage related to earlier work in phase 1.
Department staff said the phase‑2 award (about $4,107,004) came from competitive bids and is approximately $300,000 over the department’s current capital budget; staff said the project will span two fiscal years and the overage can be budgeted in the next year.…
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