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Staff presents agenda items including a $5.64M switchgear upgrade, generator replacement and several contract amendments
Summary
City staff briefed the council on tentative awards and contract amendments: a $5.64 million award for switchgear and generator upgrades, a $209,800 City Hall generator replacement, multiple professional services and equipment purchases, and several large change orders and amendments that will appear on the council agenda.
Scott, a city staff member, briefed the council on the pre-council agenda, outlining tentative public-works contract awards, professional-service authorizations, equipment purchases, and budget amendments that will appear on the formal council agenda.
Scott said the council would tentatively award Mark Johnson Construction $5,643,449 for the Hilliard Fletcher switchgear and generator upgrades project and would tentatively award Druid City Electric $209,800 for the City Hall generator replacement. He also listed a $5,350 minor public-works contract with Black Warrior Asphalt Consultants and professional-services authorizations with govjobs/Neogov ($28,338.44) and DataWorks Plus LLC ($5,972). Scott identified an insurance-services payment to USI Insurance Services for $8,510.99 to renew professional liability coverage for EMT/health care professionals.
On larger capital items, Scott said an amendment to a professional-services contract for the savings center project increases that contract to $18,744,070.66 and that several change orders for the savings center and Staven Center construction projects add sums in the hundreds of thousands and low millions. He also noted change-order numbers that will be presented for council approval and amendments to the fiscal-year River District Fund and the Elevate Tuscaloosa fund budget.
Councilmembers asked for clarification on a purchasing line on page 25 that covered equipment and installation for the savings center. An IT staff member explained the items are network switches and wireless access points and said the city's IT department will install the equipment; another staff member said the FF&E (furniture, fixtures and equipment) line is owner-provided/owner-installed per project plans. Scott confirmed that many of the procurement items were previously budgeted and are being presented as purchasing resolutions to comply with city code.
Next steps: the listed contract awards, authorizations and amendments will appear on the formal council agenda for action. Councilmembers asked technical questions and were told procurement and installation details are documented in project files and will be answered by departmental staff at the formal meeting.
