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Tooele County approves well house, jail demolition and Peak Sports phase‑4 contracts totaling tens of millions
Summary
Council awarded contracts for an Iver Paw well house (Sage Construction), a partial jail demolition (Stout Building Contractors) and two Peak Sports & Entertainment Complex phase‑4 packages (Strong Excavation and BHI), approving the measures by voice votes and noting additional budget needs next year.
Tooele County’s council on Wednesday approved multiple construction contracts, including a well house for the Iver Paw site, a partial demolition of the old county jail and two bid packages for phase four of the Peak Sports & Entertainment Complex.
Director Jed Bell told the council the Iver Paw well house contract was publicly solicited, received four bids and that Sage Construction was both the most responsible and the lowest bidder. He said the work will provide a housing structure, fencing, two 5,000‑gallon water tanks and culinary service paired with phase one well infrastructure; the project was funded in part by a Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant. "My recommendation would be that we award the contract to Sage Construction," Bell said. Councilman Thomas moved to approve the contract; the motion passed by voice vote.
On a separate item, Jason (county staff) described a contract with Stout Building Contractors for a partial demolition and rebuild of the old jail. The total bid on that contract was stated in the meeting as $472,272; staff said the lowest bid did not meet all requirements and Stout scored highest on the evaluation. Council approved the contract with a planned demolition start in the first week of August.
The council also approved two contracts for Phase 4 of the Peak complex. Corey said package one (earthwork and utilities) was awarded to Strong Excavation for $7,281,751, and package two (above‑ground construction, fields, restrooms and RV park elements) was awarded to BHI for $12,201,157. Staff briefed the council on project sequencing and noted existing funding: the council previously allocated $14 million to phase four and expects to allocate roughly an additional $8–8.5 million in next year’s budget to complete the work after earlier pool cost overruns. Council members raised operational concerns — including fireworks and RV park placement near synthetic turf — and staff said design and vendor coordination would address those issues.
All contract awards were moved and adopted by voice vote.
What’s next: the jail demolition is scheduled to begin in the first week of August; Peak phase‑4 construction will proceed according to contractors’ schedules and the county’s capital budget plan.
