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Council approves exemption to standard bidding for up to three on-call construction contracts
Summary
Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2025-10 granting findings to support an exemption from the formal invitation-to-bid process so the city can select up to three on-call contractors for emergency, specialized or unplanned public-works repairs.
The West Linn City Council on Aug. 4 adopted Resolution 2025-10, approving findings that allow the city to exempt up to three on-call construction contracts from the usual formal invitation-to-bid requirement for certain repair, maintenance and emergency work.
Public works Director Eric Laius told the council the exemption would let the city pre-qualify contractors on a qualifications-and-rate basis so the city can deploy responders quickly during emergencies (water main breaks, storm-drain failures and…
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