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Golden Shores undergrounding project on hold after June meeting; commission agrees to seek evening action
Summary
The city manager said the IAM Electric contract failed to receive a second at the June meeting, placing the Golden Shores undergrounding project on hold; commissioners signaled they would add the item to tonight—s agenda for a possible supermajority vote to move forward.
The Golden Shores undergrounding project remains on hold after the June meeting because the IAM Electric item did not receive a second, the city manager told the commission during a workshop update. "It didn't get a 2nd, so it didn't move forward. For that reason, the project is completely on hold," the city manager said, noting recent outages in the neighborhood.
Staff outlined options including proceeding with the second bidder (whose hourly rate the manager said is "a little bit more than twice" the first bidder's rate), deferring the project six to 12 months, or adding the item to the evening agenda and suspending the three-month deferral rule with a supermajority. Commissioners living in Golden Shores expressed concern about outages and hurricane season impacts and supported returning the item to the evening agenda. Mayor Svachin and multiple commissioners indicated they would likely have the required votes to add it to tonight—s meeting, subject to a supermajority vote where needed.
What happens next: staff said they will place the Golden Shores undergrounding project on the evening agenda for potential action; the commission did not adopt a contract that afternoon.
