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Washington City awards sewer and road-maintenance contracts; packet and spoken motion contain inconsistent bid figures
Summary
Council awarded the Merrill Road/20 East sewer-line contract and the 2026 slurry-seal road-maintenance contract; staff recommended Phase Concrete for the sewer work (staff figure $2,242,444.97) and American Pavement Preservation for slurry seal (packet shows $748,719.74); the transcript contains inconsistent motion figures that require clerical confirmation.
The Washington City Council approved two public-works contract awards at its Jan. 28 meeting: a sewer-line contract for Merrill Road and 20 East and the annual slurry-seal (micro-surface) road-maintenance contract.
Sewer contract: Public works director Blake Fons Beck presented the Merrill Road and 20 East sewer-line project as the final phase of a multi-year effort and said the city received 10 bids. Staff presentation listed Phase Concrete (or a similarly named firm in the packet) as the recommended bidder with a contract value presented in staff materials as $2,242,444.97. Councilman Coates moved to award the contract and Councilman Lisonbee seconded; the motion passed unanimously by voice vote. The oral motion as…
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