Council awards intake-screen contract and moves into executive session on pending litigation

The Boise City Council approved a contract award for intake screens for the phosphorus removal facility and then voted to enter executive session to discuss pending and probable litigation under Idaho Code.

Josh Baker, program manager at the Landau Street Water Renewal Facility, presented the purchasing brief and said the city received two bids for the intake screens; staff recommended awarding the work to the lowest bidder, a company identified in the packet as Hendricks Green Company. A council member moved to award FB-2024-112 to the vendor named in the motion; the council took a roll-call vote and the motion carried with five members recorded as voting in favor and one absent.

After the procurement vote, the council moved into executive session. The motion cited Idaho Code section 74-206(1)(f) for discussion of pending and probable litigation. The clerk called the roll for the executive-session motion and recorded yes votes leading to a unanimous vote to enter executive session; the council then adjourned after the executive session.

The procurement briefing in the packet included the two bids and noted the city’s local business preference ordinance requires consideration when the lowest bidder is from outside the metropolitan area. The council did not discuss contract dollar amounts in the public session; the packet and purchasing staff were referenced for procurement details. The executive session citation was recorded on the public agenda and approved by roll call; no substantive discussion of the litigation occurred in open session.