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Board tentatively awards wastewater plant construction; new sewer rates, bid amounts discussed
Summary
The board approved resolutions to tentatively award construction and select engineering services for a new wastewater treatment plant and adopted a new sewer rate schedule; staff said the project will cost far more than earlier estimates.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously to award a construction bid for the new Springfield wastewater treatment plant and to authorize selection of engineering and administrative services required for the project. The actions followed a public bid opening and the adoption of an updated sewer rates ordinance rescinding the prior schedule.
City Manager Martin told the board the low construction bid for the plant was $67,300,000 and that, when design, engineering and other project costs are included, the city's total cost is expected to exceed $83,000,000. "So while the expense, when you add in all of the other factors that go into design and engineering and everything else,…
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