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Council to consider contracts for RICE engines at Ames Municipal Energy Center
Summary
Council will consider awarding contracts for large equipment — including two RICE (internal combustion) generation engines and associated step-up transformers — needed for the Ames Municipal Energy Center; staff previously presented technical details at a workshop available on the city's YouTube channel.
Assistant City Manager Pa Van Goldbeck said the council will consider awarding contracts for major equipment for the Ames Municipal Energy Center, naming two large RICE generation engines and the step-up transformers required for the facility. "So large equipments, a huge part of the facility that will be up for council considering," Goldbeck said on the podcast.
Gebhard noted there was a prior workshop that runs about an hour and a half, where staff (named as Don Com and Curtis Spence in the preview) gave detailed technical briefings; the podcast directed listeners to the city's YouTube channel for the workshop recording. The preview did not provide contract award amounts, vendor names, or delivery schedules; those will be specified in the council packet and staff recommendation.
If the council approves contract awards, staff will proceed with procurement steps; the preview framed the agenda item as a potential contract-award decision rather than a policy debate. Residents seeking technical details were directed to the prior workshop materials online.
