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Council tables staff recommendation to award municipal engineering contract to Kimley Horn after extensive Q&A

Saginaw City Council · February 18, 2026
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Summary

Staff recommended Kimley Horn as the city engineer after an RFQ process, citing long institutional knowledge; council members raised concerns about parks design costs, scoring inconsistencies and communication, and ultimately moved to table the award pending presentations or additional information.

City staff recommended awarding municipal engineering services to Kimley Horn after reviewing four RFQ responses, citing the firm’s institutional knowledge of Saginaw infrastructure and prior work on water and roadway projects. Jared (staff) told the council that staff gave Kimley Horn high marks based on long working experience, help during the 2021 winter weather event and recent grant work…

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