City approves $1.216 million contract for Lewis Creek streambank stabilization

The meeting chair (unnamed) announced the governing body approved awarding a contract to Trey Construction for streambank stabilization along Lewis Creek to protect sanitary sewer and interceptor lines.

The moves follows a single bid received for the project. The chair said the recommendation is to award the contract to Trey Construction for $1,216,000 and called for a motion; the motion was made and seconded and the body voted in favor.

The project is described in meeting materials as a multi-location stream-bank stabilization effort at five sites along Lewis Creek. A member of the governing body asked whether the work was “out behind Reagan’s property,” and the chair said the project covers multiple locations along Lewis Creek, including areas between the previously discussed construction locations and Phillips Road. The chair said the project is intended to protect a “big sewer interceptor line” that runs parallel to Lewis Creek in several spots.

Meeting materials and the chair’s remarks state the project is budgeted to use American Rescue Plan Act funds and a Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) competitive grant; the chair said the project notice ran in the State Gazette and Jackson Sun and in two plan rooms.

No detailed construction schedule, contract start date or contractor payment schedule was discussed on the record. The chair asked for further questions, none were raised that changed the recommendation, and the motion carried.

Officials present did not provide a full breakdown of the bid package in the meeting record; the transcript records an unclear intermediate bid figure before the award recommendation, but identifies the contract award amount as $1,216,000.