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Booster pump award to Sawyer Plumbing deferred amid quorum/timeliness concerns
Summary
Knees Engineering recommended awarding the Hammond Police booster pump project to Sawyer Plumbing Inc. for $68,000, but the board deferred formal approval because of a timeliness issue and lack of a quorum; council counsel asked the city engineer to proceed administratively and bring a ratification next meeting.
Knees Engineering recommended awarding the Hammond Police booster pump project to Sawyer Plumbing Incorporated as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for $68,000, but the board deferred the formal award because members noted a timeliness issue and the meeting lacked a quorum to take the vote. One board member asked the city engineer to proceed administratively if necessary and return a ratification at the next meeting.
Counsel and staff discussed the procedural workaround: “...because we don't have a quorum that can vote on this, I'd request that the — I ask you the city engineer to go ahead with moving this forward and then we'll ratify it next meeting,” a board member said. The chair concurred with deferral and staff indicated they would proceed under that plan.
