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Board approves Aegis consulting contract pending OCCRA sign-off for $6.8M tornado funds
Summary
The Board of Public Works voted to approve a contract with Aegis Consulting to provide engineering services for roughly $6,800,000 in tornado recovery grant funds; the contract is contingent on approval by OCCRA, the meeting was told.
The Board of Public Works voted to approve a contract with Aegis Consulting to manage engineering work tied to approximately $6,800,000 in tornado recovery grant funds, the chair said. The chair told the board that Aegis was the only firm to submit a proposal after the solicitation ran in the paper and that the grant will cover the firm’s costs.
The chair described the action as conditional: “It is asking the board to ... make a motion to accept this contract only upon contingent of OCCRA approving it over the next few days to a week,” the chair said. The chair said that once OCCRA approves the contract, the chair will sign it and return it to the grant administrator so funds can be disbursed.
A motion to approve the contract pending OCCRA’s approval was moved by a board member and accepted by the board in the meeting; no separate roll-call vote tally was recorded for that motion in the transcript. The chair cautioned that OCCRA might decline but said they did not expect it: “I don't see him saying no, but there is a chance.”
Why it matters: the contract will authorize engineering oversight and project work funded by the tornado recovery grant and is a prerequisite for releasing those grant funds for repair projects.
Next steps: the approval is contingent on OCCRA’s action; the chair indicated OCCRA’s decision likely will arrive in days to a week and, if favorable, the chair will sign the contract and move forward with the grant administrator.
