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City Utilities touts $540,000 in savings on Stellhorn detention‑basin work through developer partnership
Summary
City Utilities asked the committee to approve an agreement to have a neighboring developer move about 20,000 cubic yards of spoil onto its site, pay $150,000 to perform the work and donate roughly 0.7 acres to the city; staff said the arrangement yields about $540,000 in net savings and the committee approved it unanimously.
City Utilities representatives told the Fort Wayne Common Council's committee Dec. 2 that a proposed partnership with a neighboring developer will significantly reduce the cost of constructing a detention basin for the Bollerman Drain.
Seth Weinglass said the project requires excavation and removal of more than 50,690 cubic yards of fill. Rather than paying contractors to haul spoil offsite — which staff estimated could cost in excess of $1.3 million — the city negotiated a plan with…
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