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Public Works Committee approves professional services, change orders and utilities covenants
Summary
The committee approved a consent calendar including a Black & Veatch contract to evaluate two city water tunnels, several final change orders (net decrease about $62,000), covenant agreements for a new booster station, an amendment to rebid the Ellsworth AFB meter facility, Canyon Lake drainage bids and a sidewalk variance for the new county building.
The Rapid City Public Works Committee approved several infrastructure and contract items Sept. 10 as part of its consent calendar.
Public Works Director Dale Teck summarized items 2–12. He said item 2 would authorize a professional services agreement with Black & Veatch to evaluate two city‑owned water tunnels—one installed in the 1950s and the other in the 1970s—that contain critical water transmission mains. “Both of those water transmission mains are critical infrastructure to the city,” Teck said, and the evaluation will inform any necessary remediation to preserve the system.
Items 3–5 were final change orders on recent…
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