Citizen Portal

Get email alerts on the Infrastructure topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

County approves multiple utilities contracts for engineering, lift station and sludge pond work

Lyon County Board of County Commissioners · July 2, 2026

Summary

The board approved three contracts: DOWL, LLC (on-call engineering) up to $49,000; Lumos & Associates for Lift Station 1 Coating Project up to $45,700; and AtkinsRealis for Silver Springs sludge pond cleaning up to $191,000, all passed 5-0.

Lyon County commissioners approved a series of contracts July 2 to support utilities operations and maintenance.

Utilities Director Sean Sinclair asked the board to approve an on-call engineering and surveying contract with DOWL, LLC not to exceed $49,000 to support water, sewer and effluent disposal projects. Commissioners approved the contract 5-0.

The board also approved a contract with Lumos & Associates, not to exceed $45,700, to prepare bid documents, assist with contractor solicitation and provide construction management and inspection for the Lift Station 1 Coating Project near the Carson River. Commissioners approved the Lumos contract 5-0.

Finally, the board approved a contract with AtkinsRealis not to exceed $191,000 for bid preparation, contractor selection, construction administration and evaluation of the liner condition for cleaning Sludge Pond 2 at the Silver Springs GID Wastewater Plant. Commissioners approved that contract 5-0.

Each item was presented with scope and justification by Utilities Director Sean Sinclair; the approvals allow the department to proceed with bid and construction planning for maintenance-critical infrastructure.

AI generated

The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.

AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.

Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.

Source