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Council approves series of contracts, authorizes moorage interlocal and broadband upgrade
Summary
The Anacortes City Council at its Feb. 24 meeting approved a set of contract changes and interlocal agreements that advance work on the wastewater outfall, city telephone services, Commercial Avenue design, port moorage/training and the municipal fiber backbone.
The Anacortes City Council at its Feb. 24 meeting approved a set of contract actions and an interlocal agreement and authorized an increase in the cityfiber networkinternet capacity.
Council voted to: modify a wastewater outfall consultant contract to add vibration monitoring and reduce geotechnical blasting monitoring after the project switched to microtunneling; authorize a five-year RingCentral cloud VoIP subscription and a separate implementation contract with Maverick Networks; award a design contract for Commercial Avenue improvements to Osborne Consulting; approve an interlocal with the Port of Anacortes to provide boat moorage in exchange for recurring marine emergency trainings for port staff; and amend the cityfiber networkNOANET contract to increase dedicated internet access capacity. All motions carried.
Why it matters: The package moves key infrastructure and operations projects forward. The wastewater change reflects a construction-method shift to tunneling rather than blasting; the telecom contracts move the city off an end-of-life on-premises VoIP product to a cloud service; the commercial-avenue design advances a long-discussed corridor project; the port interlocal secures training in exchange for berthing that reduces the fire departmentmoorage costs; and the NOANET change expands backbone bandwidth to serve an accelerating Anacortes Fiber Net customer base.
Details and outcomes: - Wastewater outfall: Council authorized a modification to hire Widener & Associates for vibration monitoring (additional $119,552) after the project changed from blasting to microtunneling. The council noted the change reduces the need for the previously contracted geotechnical blasting monitoring (HDR contract reduction handled administratively). Motion by Councilmember Moulton; second by Councilmember Fantini; voice vote; motion carried.
- RingCentral / Maverick: Council authorized a five-year RingCentral VoIP contract with recurring monthly costs (presented as $2,001.98/month including taxes and fees in staff materials) and a separate implementation and materials contract with Maverick Networks for $39,008.58. Motion by Councilmember McDougall; second by Councilmember Cleveland McGrath; motion carried.
- Commercial Avenue design: Council approved a design contract with Osborne Consulting in the amount of $120,440 to move a 60%-complete design for Commercial Avenue (from 14th to 30th) to final design, bid documents and construction support. Motion by Councilmember Walters; second by Councilmember Fantini; motion carried.
- Port moorage interlocal: Council authorized the mayor to sign an interlocal with the Port of Anacortes that exchanges moorage for two marine-related emergency training courses annually for port staff, producing an estimated annual saving of about $8,500 in city moorage costs. Motion by Councilmember Walters; second by Councilmember Hubick; motion carried.
- NOANET (Anacortes Fiber Net): Council authorized a contract modification with NOANET to increase dedicated Internet access from current levels to a 15 Gbps service (adds 3 Gbps and extends the term) to meet evening traffic peaks. Staff reported the network is nearing additional buildouts and that peak evening traffic recently hit roughly 10to11 Gbps. Motion by Councilmember Fantini; second by Councilmember McDougall; motion carried.
What the council recorded about cost/budget: staff told council the VoIP cloud move will raise recurring costs but that the first contract year and a midyear transition make a 2025 budget amendment unlikely; the Maverick implementation work was budgeted in the capital forecast; and the NOANET amendment will be paid from the fiber enterprise revenues.
Next steps: Contracts will be executed per the mayoral signature authority and project teams will proceed with implementation and detailed scheduling. Council members asked staff to return with more granular cost breakout when available (particularly for Commercial Avenue intersection alternatives).
