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Council authorizes extensions for on‑call engineering services to support upcoming infrastructure work
Summary
City staff recommended extending three as‑needed engineering contracts (Dyer, Civil West, Jacobs) to meet infrastructure demands; council authorized the city manager to negotiate extensions for the firms under task‑order assignments.
City staff asked the council to authorize the city manager to negotiate contract extensions with three engineering firms that responded to the 2022 RFP: Dyer, Civil West and Jacobs. Staff explained these are on‑call, as‑needed service agreements used to assign projects by task order based on capacity, fee and technical fit.
Councilors asked for examples of the kinds of work each firm undertakes. Staff said Dyer and Civil West handle a range of municipal infrastructure tasks while Jacobs has performed wastewater‑treatment plant work and operates the wastewater plant under contract; other specialized firms are used when appropriate. Council discussed procurement practice and the benefits of maintaining multiple on‑call firms so workloads can be distributed.
A councilor moved to authorize the city manager to negotiate the extensions and the motion received a recorded affirmative vote and carried.
