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Prineville council approves $565,328 paving contract and $13.58 million Combs Flat extension and canal-piping award
Summary
The City of Prineville authorized intent-to-award contracts for a $565,328 Fourth Street pavement project and a $13,580,212.53 Combs Flat–Peters Road extension with canal piping to Taylor Northwest; both motions passed by roll call.
The Prineville City Council voted June 11 to authorize two major construction awards recommended by public works staff.
For the city’s 2024 pavement rehabilitation program, Public Works Director Casey Kiser recommended awarding the Fourth Street (Southwest Deer Street / Southwest Yuen Loop area) contract to apparent low bidder 7 Peaks Paving at $565,328. Council moved to approve the intent to award and the roll call vote passed unanimously.
Kiser also presented the Northeast Combs Flat Road extension and Ochoco Irrigation District (OID) canal piping project, a combined transportation and water-infrastructure effort with a nonstandard solicitation that weighted technical proposal and price equally. Three firms submitted proposals; Taylor Northwest received the highest proposal score, submitted the lowest price, and bid $13,580,212.53. Kiser said performing the work with OID saved the city an estimated $5–6 million in avoided bridge work and allowed shared costs. Council moved, seconded and approved the intent-to-award contract to Taylor Northwest; roll call passed unanimously.
Kiser told the council he expects contractor mobilization in late June or July and noted that grant funding associated with the project must be expended by December 2026. He described phasing that would enable work to begin on portions of the project outside the open canal before irrigation season ends and then complete piping during the non-irrigation window.
The meeting record also shows a first presentation (first reading) of Ordinance 1291 amending the Prineville zoning map and comprehensive plan map to reconcile mapping discrepancies with existing land uses. The council approved the first presentation with no changes. The consent agenda was approved earlier in the meeting with one abstention.
Next steps: staff will finalize contract documents and notice to proceed pending final contract execution, and project mobilization may begin as soon as late June or July depending on contractor scheduling and irrigation season constraints.
