Albany City board approves multiple contract changes, solicits bids for stormwater project

The Albany City Board of Contract and Supply on Tuesday, July 7 authorized advertising for bids on the Lotus stormwater separation project and accepted several contract change orders and an extension read into the record by the chair.

The chair of the board read a resolution offered by Mr. Ziola directing the secretary to authorize the director to advertise for proposals for the Lotus stormwater separation project, with proposals to be received at the board's regular meeting on Aug. 4, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. The reading included bid-security and bid-bond terms as stated in the meeting record. "Resolve that the secretary authorize the director to advertise for this for the following, the Lotus stormwater stormwater separation project," the chair read.

Board members also heard a request from Chief Brandy Houtz to advertise for police department print and mail services; the chair noted that no large deposit was required for that solicitation. In a single read-through, the board accepted multiple contract modifications submitted on behalf of the Albany Water Board and other city contractors.

Among the contract actions read into the record: the meeting transcript records a change related to city contract number 9444 with differing figures read and corrected in sequence; contract 9443 was read as increased from $90,000.00 to $96,800.00 (change order FLEO 2) with the contractor identified as Spring Electric; contract 9386 was read as decreasing from $1,302,266.79 to $1,272,266.79 under change order LMGO 1; contract 9434 was read as increased from $639,811.45 to $1,061,914.04 for the "Boulevard Complete Streets and Lead Service Replacement" project with Newcastle Paving listed as contractor (increase recorded as $422,102.59); contract 9436 was read as extended by 215 calendar days with no change to the contract value ($342,800.00) and a revised completion date read as 07/03/2026; and contract 99337 for Beaver Creek flow management and inflow reduction was read as increased by $36,724.96 to a new total of $3,281,310.38 with William J. Keller and Sons listed as contractor.

The chair asked for a single motion to accept the items read into the record; a motion and second were recorded verbally, the chair asked "All in favor?" and members responded "Aye." The chair then moved to adjourn and the meeting concluded.

The meeting record contains several instances where numeric amounts and contract figures were restated or corrected while being read aloud; those discrepancies appear in the transcript and are noted here as read in the meeting. Where the transcript itself is unclear (for example, differing figures read for contract 9444 and a project name transcribed as "LinkedIn Park Learning Garden"), city staff indicated the department would confirm details with the originating department and the file PDF.

Votes at a glance: the board moved to accept the read resolutions and items; the vote was recorded verbally as "Aye" with no individual roll-call recorded in the transcript.

Next steps: the chair indicated the clerk/secretary would proceed with the advertisements and that staff would confirm any numerical or date clarifications with the originating departments.