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<br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />City Council Work Session Meeting <br />January 23, 2006 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />is $655,000, At this time, City staff is recommending that the City not proceed with refurbishing <br />four lift stations, City staffwill need additional time to evaluate the proposals and review budget <br />consideration for replacing two lift stations, <br /> <br />City Administrator Michelle Wolfe also noted that City staff needs time to evaluate the financial <br />risk to the City if the lift stations are not refurbished at this time, <br /> <br />Mr, Tom Moore noted that the remaining four lift stations are considered low volume flow <br />stations, <br /> <br />City Administrator Wolfe said that it may be beneficial for the City to hold off on this project <br />and bid all four lift stations again in two years, <br /> <br />URS Engineer Greg Brown stated on economy of scale, each of the four remaining sites are very <br />similar in size and topography, <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson suggested that City staffrequest that the low bidder extend its offer for a <br />period of time, <br /> <br />City staffwill seek an extension of the bid proposal and continue researching the risks to the City <br />ifthe lift stations are not refurbished at this time, <br /> <br />Water Tower Repair Report <br />Operations and Maintenance Director Tom Moore stated that the City is not required to complete <br />any major repairs on the water tower at this time, A number of the minor recommended repairs <br />can be completed in-house, The water tower report states that no major repairs are expected for <br />the current two-three year time frame, <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant requested that City staff handle the grading, fencing, and over flow pipe <br />grading repairs in-house, <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson suggested that a 10 foot high fence not be installed around the water <br />tower. <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden asked if the water tower vent should be replaced at this time, <br /> <br />Operations and Maintenance Director Tom Moore said that he is not comfortable with having <br />O&M staff members complete the vent installation and will have the City's engineering team <br />research the possibility of having an outside vendor complete the repair and installation, <br /> <br />Councilmember Holden suggested that the City bill the cell phone company for causing the <br />corrosion damage to the water tower, It may be a possibility for the City to recoup some of these <br />costs, <br /> <br />City staff will look into this possibility further. <br />