Council approves consultant contract for American Water Infrastructure Act update, not to exceed $999,660

The Klamath Falls City Council on Sept. 2 authorized the city manager to sign a consultant services contract with CDM Smith Inc. to update the city’s American Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) risk and resilience and emergency response plan, in a not-to-exceed amount of $999,660.

Robbie West, identified in the meeting as water distribution manager, described the work as the federally required AWIA update, noting the statute (passed in 2018) expanded requirements from earlier federal rules to add cybersecurity and physical-threat considerations. "It was passed, back in 2018, federally mandated program," West said, and the city is required to update the plan every five years. He also said the scope includes coordination of the risk/resiliency plan and the emergency response plan in one contract and will incorporate relevant wildfire mitigation and source-water protections tied to recent Oregon legislative changes.

According to West, the firm will complete the work on a timetable that allows the city to meet federal deadlines—update finished by June (year not specified in the transcript) followed by a six-month timestamp period for the next update.

A council member moved to authorize the city manager to sign the contract in a not-to-exceed amount of $999,660; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote with no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.

Action summary: Contract with CDM Smith Inc., not to exceed $999,660, for AWIA risk and resiliency and emergency response plan update. The work was described as including cybersecurity, physical threats, fire mitigation, and source-water protection.