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Council approves large wastewater contract amendment and several construction awards
Summary
Council approved a major Amendment No. 3 that increases the south/central wastewater treatment project's total from $18.2M to $35.4M, and passed multiple supplemental task authorizations and contract modifications for water/wastewater and infrastructure work.
On May 19 the Fort Myers City Council approved multiple contract amendments and supplemental authorizations affecting wastewater and capital projects.
The largest action was Amendment No. 3 — an increase of $17,216,837.44 — that raised the construction-management-at-risk project total from $18,216,804.80 to $35,433,642.24 for improvements to south and central advanced wastewater treatment, primary treatment and digester/clarifier upgrades. City staff presented the amendment as necessary to continue the project with the awarded contractor (Gulf Pointe Construction Company, Inc.). The council approved the amendment by voice vote.
Council also approved other supplemental task authorizations and change orders at the meeting, including increases for lift-station rehabilitation, early procurement packages for the surface discharge elimination project, and a construction-manager authorization for the Fort Myers Country Club clubhouse electrical upgrade. Several items were described as "all awards" and moved forward by council motion. Where contract increases were sizable, council discussion noted normal budget and CIP processes would be used to fund the work.
The council recorded these items as part of its regular consent and business agenda; motions passed by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.
