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Vinton City Council approves bid notice for airport AOS project, pays wastewater contractor, tables change order and OKs bridge inspections
Summary
The council voted to publish bidding documents and set a public hearing for an airport AOS project, approved pay estimate #13 to Woodruff Construction for wastewater treatment plant improvements, tabled change order #4 pending further review, and approved a two‑year bridge inspection agreement covering four bridges.
At its meeting, the Vinton City Council approved a resolution ordering notice to bidders, setting a public hearing and approving plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for the airport AOS project. The motion was moved and seconded and the roll call recorded affirmative votes.
The council also approved pay estimate number 13 to Woodruff Construction for wastewater treatment plant improvements. City staff reported the wastewater project remains on schedule.
During discussion of change order number 4 for the wastewater project, a council member objected that the change-order charge was shown in the contract notes but not on the drawings. Council member Ron said the missing drawing notation warranted more time to review and moved to table the change order until the next meeting when the mayor would be present. Council members voted to table and asked staff to provide the specific page of the prints that contains the note so members can review it before action.
Council approved an agreement with Calhoun Burns Associates for the 2025 bridge inspection program. Staff said the agreement covers inspections of four bridges — Third Street, Fourth Street, 13th Street and Second Avenue — on a two‑year inspection cycle; council approved the motion on roll-call votes recorded in the transcript as affirmative.
City staff reported engineering-staff changes: Sean Lewis will serve as the new branch manager in the Cedar Rapids office of the city’s engineering firm, and the city’s project engineer Nate Cass is no longer with the firm. Staff also reminded council members of a public hearing for a lift-station project and the upcoming budget/property tax-rate hearing at the next meeting.
No fiscal amounts for the airport project or the change order were specified in the transcript; staff committed to providing the print page referenced in the change-order discussion and to revisit the change order at the next meeting.
