County approves $2.61 million transfer-station construction award and related contract amendments

The chair opened the meeting and a staff member presented Great West Engineering’s recommendation to award the county’s transfer-station improvements contract to Alpine Construction Management for $2,609,734. "I have the 1st recommendation from Great West Engineering... For the $2,609,734," the staff member said.

A committee member moved to accept the Alpine Construction Management bid; the motion was seconded and carried with affirmative votes from those present. The transcript records the vote as unanimous among the three participants at the table.

Separately, staff referenced an amendment to the county’s professional services contract for transfer-station work that the record alternately identifies as "amendment number 17" and, in a subsequent motion, as "amendment number 7" covering bidding and contract administration services. The chair clarified the contract structure: "So that contract is, time and material. So if it didn't and it will not exceed that amount. But if they don't utilize that, that'll roll over into the transpiration project," the chair said.

The amendments and the time-and-materials authority were approved by motion and seconded. The board recorded the action as a conditional administrative amendment and confirmed it is already included in the project budget.

The administration said unused contract dollars would be applied to the broader transportation project if not expended on the current task. The meeting did not record further details on project schedule or subcontracting for the awarded construction work.

The board moved later to an executive session; no schedule or contractor start dates were disclosed in open session.