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Council approves Hazard Mitigation Grant engineering contracts for generators and water‑plant work
Summary
City council awarded engineering contracts funded by Hazard Mitigation Grant Program money to Schaumburg & Polk for generator replacement and relocation work at the Armory, Link Street water plant and the police department, totaling three grant‑funded engineering awards that the city said will improve facility resilience.
The Orange City Council voted May 27 to award engineering contracts funded through the Texas Division of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (DR‑4485) to Schaumburg & Polk for multiple generator and resiliency projects.
City staff described three separate engineering contracts: $53,367.50 for engineering services to remove and replace a proposed generator and automatic transfer switch at the Armory Building; $160,325 to relocate the existing Link Street Water Plant generator to the Richard Water Plant and install a new generator at Link Street; and $75,100 for removal and replacement of a proposed generator at the police department.
Miss Floyd summarized the projects and said the work is funded by grant money. "This is a project funded by grant money to remove and replace the proposed generator at the Armory Building," she said when introducing the Armory contract. She told council the city advertised an RFP and a panel selected Schaumburg & Polk as the most qualified firm to perform the engineering services.
Council members voted in favor of the resolutions. After the Link Street contract vote, the mayor praised the projects' potential for emergency use: "For those who may not know, we use this building for a lot of the things we use around the city... it's also there in case of a hurricane." Staff and council characterized the awards as steps to improve resiliency of critical facilities.
The contracts are contingent on the grant award and require the city to follow grant administration and procurement rules tied to DR‑4485. Staff did not present construction schedules at the meeting; engineering and final procurement for equipment and installation will follow the awarded engineering services.
