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City Council Minutes <br />July 1, 2019 <br />Page 3 <br />There was discussion on the rejected bids, breaking out some of the bid packages <br />into smaller components, and value engineering some items in order to reduce some <br />costs. <br />Councilmember Westgaard noted the bid climate is currently at a high level and <br />Council could consider funding the overage from a different source. <br />Councilmember Wagner stated it is priority to honor the budget provided to the <br />voters. <br />There was discussion on lowering the project cost and whether to remove the <br />owner's contingency or evaluating a breakdown of some of the bid options to quote <br />categories. It was also noted there is still a lot of review to be done on the bids and <br />items can be tweaked to help reduce costs. <br />Tom Betty, 292 Design Group, stated it's up to the Council's comfort level on how <br />they feel about a contingency. He stated some owners like to keep the contingency as <br />it allows for flexibility during construction. He noted this is a large project and <br />unknowns can occur. <br />Mayor Dietz stated the project must remain at $27.5 million. He stated if an issue <br />arises in the future, then staff will need to come back to Council. <br />Mr. Femrite explained the bids for the lease space came in high and no <br />recommendation is being made at tonight's meeting. He stated it will be reevaluated <br />and it is not part of the project cost presented tonight. <br />Councilmember Westgaard questioned if Councilmember Ovall submitted any <br />comments or questions about this agenda item. <br />Mr. Portner stated no comments were received. <br />Moved by Councilmember Westgaard and seconded by Councilmember <br />Christianson to award contract 3b.3. Motion carried 3-0. Councilmember <br />Wagner abstained due to conflict of interest. <br />Moved by Councilmember Westgaard and seconded by Councilmember <br />Wagner to approve the remaining bid packages with removal of the owner <br />contingency, of $169,971 and increasing the anticipated value engineering line <br />item to $166,000 to a total project estimated cost of $27.5 million Motion <br />carried 4-0. <br />Moved by Councilmember Westgaard and seconded by Councilmember <br />Wagner to adopt Resolution 19-25 awarding contracts for the multi-purpose <br />facility and Lion John Weicht Park improvements and reassigning the <br />contracts to RJM Construction. Motion carried 4-0. <br />'01FRta 81 <br />NATUREI <br />