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Commission briefed on consent items including meter purchase, construction change orders and biosolids disposal rebid
Summary
City staff presented multiple consent-agenda items including a $914,000 purchase of 2,650 water meters, change orders closing out the Lake Howard Gravity Main ($477,482) and a $340,146 change order for the Harmony Master Lift Station, and a rebid award for biosolids hauling to Republic Services.
City staff reviewed multiple consent-agenda items that the commission was asked to consider, ranging from routine annual leases to construction change orders and large equipment and materials purchases.
Major items called out by staff included: - Summer bus lease: annual lease of school-board buses at $1.25 per mile plus fuel for the city's summer youth programs. - Travel and training: attendance for the city manager, deputy city manager and Public Affairs director at the Florida City/County Management Association in Orlando (May dates provided in staff memo). - Biosolids hauling contract: staff said the city rebid its biosolids disposal work after two original bids failed to meet criteria; on rebid the lowest responsive bidder was Republic Services and staff noted a "fairly substantial increase" in the cost due to market conditions. The expense is…
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