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Shelton City waives bidding and appropriates $89,160 for Robert Street culvert repair
Summary
The council approved waiving competitive bidding and appropriated $89,160 from bonding to fund emergency repairs to a Robert Street culvert, citing three quotes and an anticipated completion date before the first snowfall.
Shelton City council members voted to waive the formal bidding process and appropriate $89,160 from bonding to pay for emergency repairs to a culvert on Robert Street.
The finance director recommended waiving bidding pursuant to the city charter, and council members said public works obtained three quotes and selected a contractor referred to in the meeting as Griffin. Brian Roche, identified in the meeting as the head of public works, was cited by council members as estimating that the repair work could be completed before the first snowfall, with a likely completion around mid-October depending on scheduling and weather.
A motion was offered to waive the bidding process and appropriate $89,160 for the emergency repair, with funding to come from bonding. A council member noted that the city previously attempted a charter amendment to change bidding thresholds and that public works had obtained quotes and worked with the mayor to move the repair forward.
Council members said the culvert had been failing for a long time and expressed surprise it had not been addressed earlier. The record shows three quotes were solicited and Griffin was selected on that basis.
By voice vote the council approved the waiver and appropriation. The transcript records an anticipated completion timeline stated by public works leadership as “before the first snowfall” and an optimistic mid-October target, but a calendar completion date was not specified in the meeting record.
