Council approves wastewater inspection contract and sewer line bid for Marshall Park

Georgetown council voted Monday to approve two utility items: a $19,941 proposal from Hazen & Sawyer to provide a structural inspection and technical memorandum for aging concrete at a small wastewater treatment plant, and a $139,370.92 contract with C Square Excavating for a sewer line extension tied to Marshall Park construction.

Chase Avizito, representing Georgetown Municipal utilities, described the Hazen & Sawyer scope as a site visit, inspection, recommendations and cost estimates for surface treatments and coatings to delay further concrete degradation. He explained the city assumed ownership of a small wastewater plant that serves Stamping Ground in 2005 and noted that the utility uses a single rate structure for water and sewer customers regardless of jurisdiction (a minimum based on 2,000 gallons). Council approved the Hazen & Sawyer purchase order after a motion and second.

Staff also presented the C Square Excavating bid of $139,370.92 for the sewer line extension associated with Marshall Park facilities. City and utility staff are managing the project; council moved and approved the bid. Staff said Marshall Park building work had been rebid to encourage competitive pricing for the structure; the sewer line contract is a unit price-based city project.

Council members asked questions about rate structure and project management; staff said rebidding the building portion was to secure more competitive pricing. The clerk recorded the approvals and let the record reflect passage.