Santaquin staff to present guaranteed maximum price for $11.5M–$12M water reclamation upgrade; recommends bonding

Santaquin City staff told the City Council at Tuesday’s meeting they will present a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) on June 3 for upgrades to the city’s water reclamation facility, with current construction estimates of about $11.5 million to $12 million and roughly $9 million available in impact‑fee cash.

The project would increase treatment and storage capacity and replace or upgrade about a dozen functional systems at the WRF, staff said. The work is intended to add roughly 400,000 gallons per day of treatment capacity and address winter storage, pumping, membrane trains, blowers and other equipment. City staff recommended bonding $2.5 million to $3 million to bridge the funding gap and to secure long‑lead items quickly.

“We have about $9,000,000 sitting in the bank in our PTIF account for all impact fee funds that are dedicated to this project,” said Norm, a city staff member. “Our current cost to finish out the project after the final design is about 11 and a half to 12 million dollars.”

Why it matters: the upgrades…