City seeks permission to award contract for old landfill remedy; state to fund 85%

City staff told the City Council the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has agreed to pay 85 percent of a remediation project at the city's old landfill and that the city would provide a 15 percent match from a non-general-fund source described in the meeting as "veil fill." Donovan, joined by engineers Alex Fayed and Steven Stolby, said the project scope expanded during design to include replacement of a storm sewer that handles leachate conveyance.

Donovan told councilors the low bidder on the construction contract was Armstrong Construction at $643,000, roughly $11,000 over staff—s estimate, and that staff intended to include a 10 percent contingency. He said staff would seek council approval that evening to award the contract to Ramshorn Construction and that final funding entries would be recorded in budget amendment No. 3.

The transcript contains inconsistent numeric details about the city—s requested authorization: Donovan first cited the $643,000 low bid and a planned 10 percent contingency, then later said "the total amount is gonna be, $417,000 in round numbers." Staff also said the city's 15 percent match would not come from the general fund.

Steven Stolby and Alex Fayed were present to answer technical questions about storm-sewer replacement and leachate conveyance; Stolby was described during the presentation as the lead engineer on landfill work. Staff asked the council for procedural permission to proceed with contract award and said they would clean up accounting in a forthcoming budget amendment.

No formal approval or vote was recorded in the portion of the transcript provided.

Because the transcript includes conflicting cost numbers, staff will need to provide a corrected, itemized project budget and a clear statement of the city—s share before final award and budget amendment are completed.