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<br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - NOVEMBER 14, 2005 3 <br /> . 4. PUBLIC INOUlRIES/INFORMATIONAL <br /> Mayor Aplikowski welcomed Troop 419 Boy Scouts from Trinity Lutheran Church. Jonathan <br /> Stephens, Troop 419, stated they were working on the citizenship badge. <br /> 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS <br /> None. <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS <br /> A. Authorize the Advertisement of Bids for the 2006 Lift Station Rehabilitation Project. <br /> Councilmember Grant asked which two of the four lift stations would be in the base bid. Ms. <br /> Wolfe responded she was not sure which two lift stations were included in the base bid and this <br /> was still being evalnated. <br /> MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Mayor Aplikowski seconded a motion to <br /> authorize the Advertisement of Bids for the 2006 Lift Station Rehabilitation <br /> Project. <br /> Councilmember Holden asked what the fund balance would be if all four stations were done. <br /> . Mr. Siddiqui responded it was a matter of cash flow. If they were to go to four lift stations, <br /> instead of two some cost savings would be realized. He indicated he could not give exact dollar <br /> amOlmts, but obviously the balance would dip down significantly, but over the course of time, the <br /> fund balance should level off <br /> Ms. Wolfe stated when this was discussed this past July, they anticipated if they did all four lift <br /> station, they would go below the internal policy of maintaining the $500,000 balance in the fund. <br /> She indicated when the bid came in, they would need to determine if they would save enough <br /> money to do all four at one time and if so, they would need to reevaluate some future utility <br /> projects. <br /> Councilmember Holden asked instead of one bid of two and an alternative bid of four, could <br /> they have an alternative bid of three. Ms. Wolfe responded they could, but they had determined it <br /> would not be beneficial to do only one lift station. She noted if they wanted a bid for three lift <br /> stations, this could be made a part of the motion. <br /> Councilmember Holden requested an amendment to the motion to have an alternate bid of three <br /> lift stations. <br /> Councilmember Larson stated he believed they had reached a consensus at a previous work <br /> session that this had been decided and he did not understand why they were having this discussion <br /> . again. He believed Councilmember Grant's question was a reasonable qnestion, but when they go <br /> into changing the bidding process again, this had already been discussed. <br />