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RMA board approves multiple consultant work authorizations, defers some items and denies contractor's advance payment request
Summary
At the meeting the board approved work authorizations for levy certification, additional geotechnical and retaining-wall testing, an electrical distribution agreement, approved a contract amendment, took no action on items lacking information, and denied the contractor's request to advance value-engineering savings payments.
The Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority voted on several contract and work-authorization items tied to the 365 Tollway project during its meeting.
Approved items
- Resolution 2025-33 (item 4a): Approval of Work Authorization No. 2 to APSER LP to provide a levy certification report for the IBWC (International Boundary and Water Commission). Staff identified the work authorization amount as $67,149.65 and recommended approval; the board approved the item.
- Resolution 2025-35 (item 4c): Approval of contract amendment No. 2 to Atzer LP to increase the maximum payable amount for prior work authorizations; staff recommended approval and the board approved the amendment.
- Resolution 2025-41 (item 4d): Approval of Work Authorization No. 1 to Alliance Geotechnical Group to provide drill-shaft forensic testing. Staff described this as representative destructive testing of roughly 110 in-place drill shafts; the work authorization amount presented in the packet was approximately $852,318 and the board approved the item.
- Resolution 2025-42 (item 4e): Approval of Work Authorization No. 1 to ECS Southwest LLP for retaining-wall (MSE wall) testing. The authorization amount presented was approximately $783,059 and staff confirmed the testing firm's accreditations had been independently verified; the board approved the item.
- Resolution 2025-44 (item 4g): Approval of an agreement with AAP Texas to provide and install electrical distribution facilities to serve project tolling components; the amount presented was $104,667.09 and the board approved the agreement.
Took no action / deferred
- Item 4b: Staff recommended no action; the board took no action pending additional information from the consultant.
- Item 4f: Staff recommended no action; staff said they lacked required information from Magic Valley and will return the item at a later meeting.
- Item 4j: Staff recommended the board take no action; the board followed staff's recommendation and took no action on that item when it was heard out of order.
Denied
- Resolution 2025-45 (item 4h): Request from Paulus Construction to advance value-engineering change-proposal savings milestone payments (advance the 80%/100% milestone payments). The contractor requested advancement because of cash-flow impacts tied to utility delays; the board voted to deny the request.
Motions for the consent agenda and the various approvals were moved and seconded during the meeting; votes were taken by voice and recorded as carried or denied in the meeting minutes. The board asked staff to return with additional details where items were deferred.
