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Council flags contractor communication and permitting delays during sewer bid review
Summary
During consideration of the sanitary sewer bid, staff relayed reference checks that flagged communication issues and a permitting-related outage on a contractor's prior project; the council said such issues informed its choice of the lowest responsible bidder.
Staff member Tanya described reference checks conducted after the earlier meeting: "we reached out to I think it was 7 contacts... in general, I would say all of the references were favorable, in the sense that there were no major issues on the project," but she added one referenced lining project under a state highway that experienced permitting delays. She recounted that in that case "the property owner was out without sewer for, like, a over a couple months and had to get it, like, go live in a motel."
Tanya also said an engineer for one referenced project considered Muslin/Musson’s experience as a prime to be "a little bit weak" in communicating and coordinating subcontractors, and suggested close oversight and clear expectations. The council referenced these concerns when agreeing not to select the lowest monetary bid, citing histories of delayed completions and unfavorable references in the area.
The contractor named in different parts of the transcript appears with two spellings—"Muslin Brothers" and "Musson Brothers"—and the council motion used "Musson Brothers." The contractor did not respond in the recorded proceedings to the performance concerns.
