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Board approves bills and forwards administration HVAC bid to city council
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting, the Environmental Services Utility Board approved the bills for two recent pay periods and voted to recommend an administrative HVAC contract to the city council. Roll-call votes were unanimous on both items.
The Environmental Services Utility Board on Feb. 18 approved payment of bills from two recent periods and recommended an HVAC contract for the administration building be awarded to city council for final approval.
The board voted 6-0 to approve the bills presented for Feb. 18 and Feb. 3 after a motion from Alderman Audubon Swanson and a second from Alderman Audubon Jones. A second motion, from Alderman O'Brien with a second from Alderman Jones, recommended the low bidder for an administrative HVAC project be forwarded to the city council for award.
The clerk or finance staff reported bills for Feb. 18 totaling $715,414.29 and bills from Feb. 3 totaling $352,006.36; a figure of $1,068,051.07 was recorded on the floor as the total when the motion was made. The motion passed on a roll call with Aldermen Lewis, O'Brien, Swanson, Johnson and Jones recorded as voting aye; the final tally was announced as six ayes, zero nays. The transcript contains inconsistent totals; the precise combined amount approved is not specified in a single clear figure in the meeting record.
On the HVAC procurement, the board reviewed a single bid received for replacement/upgrade of condenser units, second-floor wall-mounted units and a new building control (Pelican) system, plus an optional dehumidifier for the basement. The bid from Houlihan Heating and Sheet Metal was presented as a base bid of $83,750 and an alternate for a dehumidifier of $22,005.20. Board members said the bid should come in roughly $20,000â$25,000 under the budgeted capital estimate. The board voted unanimously to forward the recommendation to city council for formal award.
No public comment was recorded on either item. City council action is required to finalize the HVAC contract award.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of bills (Feb. 18 and Feb. 3): Motion by Alderman Audubon Swanson; second by Alderman Audubon Jones. Roll call recorded six ayes, zero nays. Reported line-item totals were $715,414.29 (Feb. 18) and $352,006.36 (Feb. 3); the record contains a motion figure of $1,068,051.07 but the transcript also contains garbled totals. Precise combined total: not specified in a single clear recorded figure.
- Administrative HVAC (recommendation to city council): Motion by Alderman O'Brien; second by Alderman Jones. Bid reported from Houlihan Heating and Sheet Metal: base bid $83,750; dehumidifier alternate $22,005.20; board voted to forward award recommendation to city council (unanimous).
