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La Porte board approves pay requests for wells, wastewater and a local biotower repair
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Summary
The Board of Public Works approved multiple infrastructure payments: Pay Request No. 2 for the Sodor Memorial Park wells ($252,204.10), final payment for the Eighteenth Street sanitary project ($637,264.29), invoices for additional wells 13 and 14, and authorization to use a local machine shop to construct a biotower distributor at substantially lower cost.
The Board of Public Works on April 14 approved several infrastructure payments and a local repair plan intended to save money on equipment replacement.
Tim Werner presented Pay Request No. 2 for the Sodor Memorial Park wells and raw water main project in the amount of $252,204.10 and said the project is roughly 20 percent complete; the board approved the payment. Werner also presented two additional invoices for drilling Wells 13 and 14, which staff said produced mobilization savings, and the board approved those invoices to be paid from the capital plan.
Jerry Jackson reported final construction is complete on the Eighteenth Street sanitary project and recommended approval of a final pay request totaling $637,264.29 from the wastewater capital account; the board approved that payment and noted about $97,000 remains in retainage for a later request.
Jackson also described the failure of a biotower distributor and contrasted a commercial stainless bid of $283,543.50 with a local machine shop, Ramsey’s, which proposed to build a stainless unit for $89,500. The board approved proceeding with the local shop’s proposal as a cost saving.
Each of the pay requests and the equipment decision was moved, seconded and approved without recorded opposition. The board did not alter retainage policy; retained funds will be addressed in a subsequent pay request.
Next steps: staff will process payments from the indicated capital accounts and proceed with the Ramsey’s manufacture and installation plan for the biotower distributor, returning any required contract documents to the board as needed.
