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Commission reviews fire-station contracts and several public-works projects
Summary
Commission considered agreements and corrections related to Fire Station No. 3 (Colliers proposal, $166,004) and a scrivener's correction for the North Fire Station contract (total $767,024 including $251,703 alternate). Public Works presented tower painting, force-main engineering ($465,000), Basin 3 sewer rehabilitation design and a meter change-out program (approx. 1,600 meters).
City staff presented a cluster of capital and maintenance projects that the commission reviewed, including project management, contract clarifications and multi-year utility replacements.
Fire stations: staff described a proposed Colliers agreement for Lake Wales Fire Station No. 3 covering design, bid, construction and closeout phases with a total fee of $166,004 (15 monthly payments of $11,060.67). Staff also clarified a scrivener's error for a previously executed North Fire Station construction contract: the contract includes an alternate scope (expansion of the day room and apparatus bay) of $251,703; including that alternate, the contract sum is $767,024, below an original rough budget of $1.2 million.
Public works projects: Public Works Director Sarah Kirkland presented four items. First, exterior inspection, renovation and painting of the high-school elevated storage tower with a proposed price of $70,005.31. Second, a task order for Kimley-Horn covering engineering through construction administration for Force Main No. 1 improvements, estimated at $465,000. Third, a Basin 3 sewer rehabilitation program (staff described an estimated $7 million construction scale, with staff proposing to begin design and bidding for Basin 3). Fourth, a meter change-out program: staff estimated roughly 1,600 meters may be in need of replacement or upgrade and said the full eventual cost (if all ordered at once) would be close to $500,000; meter replacements are funded by utility fees, not general revenue.
Why it matters: the Colliers agreement moves design-phase management forward for a future fire station site the city bought in 2024, and the North Fire Station contract correction clarifies an already-executed contract's total. The sewer and meter programs affect operational capacity and billing accuracy; staff said meter failures can cause unbilled treated water and that replacing aging meters improves revenue capture and system capacity data.
Ending: Staff recommended approval or ratification where appropriate and indicated some items are corrections to previously executed documents; commissioners had routine questions on scope and funding and accepted staff's recommendations.
