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Council awards $2.01M 4th Street water-main contract and discusses water-tower recoat plans
Summary
The council awarded SiteWorks a $2,014,492.15 contract for 4th Street water-main and related schedules, discussed change-order deductions to fit funding, and reviewed a water-tower recoat plan that includes temporary 20,000-gallon drop tanks and a small project cost increase.
Alcester city engineering staff presented the 4th Street water-main reconstruction bid results and a related water-tower recoat plan; the council approved awarding SiteWorks the combined schedules and discussed funding and change-order strategies to fit the municipal budget.
Engineer Paul (Speaker 4) told the council that bid tabulation produced an acceptable low bidder and outlined four construction schedules covering different stretches of town. He explained funding scenarios and recommended either awarding schedules 1 and 4, or awarding 1, 2 and 4 then executing a construction change-order deduct to remove a block to fit funding constraints. "The low bid was to SiteWorx... in total... you guys were looking at needing about $1,617,000 for the total project for all schedules," Paul said, later noting award scenarios and the plan to manage scope via deducts.
Council ultimately voted to award schedules 1, 2 and 4 to SiteWorks for $2,014,492.15 with intent to issue a change-order deduct to align the contract to available funds. The award passed by voice vote.
On the water-tower recoat, staff advised the council that Rural Water could not guarantee the needed gallons-per-minute during the scheduled recoat window and recommended installing roughly 20,000-gallon drop tanks to maintain pressure and supply during the three-week recoating operation; estimated additional cost to the project was called out as about $52,000–$56,250. Paul flagged the operational challenge and the need for a public communications plan to limit irrigation while storage is reduced. "They're planning on about 3 weeks to have to do the recoat... The big thing that comes up is... you'll be on a minimal amount of stored water," Paul said. Council asked staff to continue refining the budget and to schedule follow-up details when Banner and contractor timelines are confirmed.
The decisions advance design-to-construction steps for several multi-year capital projects and direct staff to finalize contract language and change-order plans before work begins.
