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Council weighs competing bids to clean municipal wells 4 and 5; lower-cost quote favored
Summary
Council reviewed two quotes for cleaning wells 4 and 5 — a higher-cost option that includes daily testing and keeping pumps online, and a lower-cost standard cleaning. Members favored the lower-cost local vendor given backup capacity from Well 6 and prior experience with the local company.
Councilors examined two written quotes for cleaning municipal wells 4 and 5 and discussed operational trade-offs between a higher-cost vendor (additional services and in-process testing) and a lower-cost local contractor.
Chair (Speaker 3) summarized the options: National Water’s quote was roughly $45,000 with added services allowing pumps to remain online and daily testing; a lower-cost local bidder’s quote was about $23,000 but did not include the additional online-testing service. Speaker 5 explained the additional service would let pumps remain online while being cleaned and would provide daily testing to monitor water quality during the process.
Several members noted that Well 6 was back online and can reduce demand while other wells are serviced, which influenced a preference for the less expensive bid. Chair said he had worked with Rex (local contractor) on similar jobs and noted the town’s experience with the local contractor’s equipment and site knowledge. While no final contract was signed during the meeting, council discussion leaned to a cost-saving approach and asked staff to proceed with procurement steps consistent with that direction.
