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Council approves contracts for sewer-replacement projects on Gay, Lanana and Bonita streets
Summary
The Nacogdoches City Council approved three contracts tied to the city's wastewater capital improvements program, awarding construction and consultant work for Gay Street sewer replacements and environmental and surveying services for the Lanana and Bonita projects.
The Nacogdoches City Council on a unanimous vote approved several contracts for the city’s wastewater capital improvements, including construction for the Gay Street sanitary sewer project and environmental and surveying services for Lanana and Bonita replacements.
City engineering staff described the Gay Street project as roughly 2,200 linear feet of replacement of an existing 8-inch sewer line and said the plan is to upsize the main to 12 inches to increase capacity and reduce the need for future upsizing. The packet identifies the apparent low bidder as Rad Civil Services of Tyler; the agenda lists a low bid figure of $658,533.20, though the transcript contains minor inconsistent renderings of that number, which staff confirmed in their presentation materials.
The city’s director of public works and city engineer summarized staff evaluations and noted the construction bid opened May 11. On the Lanana and Bonita projects, the council approved a time-and-materials contract with Hydrex Environmental Consulting LLC to conduct environmental work — archaeological surveys, species and soils studies and related tasks — that staff estimated could take about 12 months. The council also approved a separate contract for professional surveying with 2 15 Consulting; staff said surveying work could span one to two years or more and includes both lump-sum and time-and-materials elements such as right-of-entry work.
A council member moved to approve each contract after the presentations and the chair called for voice votes; in each case the response was 'Aye' and the chair declared the motions carried.
The projects are identified in the city’s wastewater CIP. Staff said they expect construction-related disruptions on Gay Street because work will take place in the roadway; they also noted the engineering consultant on the Gay Street project has worked with the recommended contractor and reported no prior issues with references.
Action items approved at the meeting were limited to contract awards and did not include additional funding authorizations beyond amounts included in the packet. The council did not adopt detailed vote tallies by name on the record; the chair announced each motion carried after an 'Aye' voice vote.
