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Board closes clear‑well cleaning contract after $7,125 change order; auxiliary intake may need separate $80,000 bid
Summary
Operations staff reported extra sediment discovered during clear‑well and intake cleaning required an additional $7,125 change order; staff said auxiliary intake work could cost up to about $80,000 and will be bid separately. The board approved closing the current project and moving forward with competitive bidding for remaining work.
Alan, an operations staff member, told the Water Resources Board that the clear‑well and membrane feed well cleaning project was bid at $47,900 but unforeseen sediment in a membrane feed well and one side of a river intake required roughly an extra 1.5 days of work, producing a $7,125 change order to close out the present contract.
Alan said the auxiliary intake still contains about 8 feet of material — far more than prior cleanings — and staff expect to put that portion to bid in April or May, with an estimate that it "could be as much as $80,000." He summarized the change order: "So it came out to a total of $7,125, as a change order."
Board members asked whether the frequency of inspections should be increased; staff said the clear wells are required by regulation to be inspected at least every five years and that the board will likely move to a five‑year cadence for the auxiliary intakes as a best practice.
A motion to close out the cleaning project and proceed with competitive bidding for the auxiliary intake was approved by voice vote.
