Department of Utilities
Reference: South Brighton Utility Installation and SACWSD Disconnect Construction Project
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez - City Manager
Prepared By: Scott Olsen - Director of Utilities
Date Prepared: November 15, 2024
PURPOSE
Requesting City Council approval for the procurement of 24-008751 South Brighton Utility Installation (AKA South Adams County Water Sanitation District (SACWSD) Disconnect Construction) by awarding a contract to BT Construction, Inc., deemed the most responsive and responsible bidder of the bids received in response to the published solicitation, and approving the resolution giving the City Manager, or designee, authority to sign the contract. Per City Code Section 3-8-30(b): "All materials, services, and construction contracts, except as otherwise provided in this Article, with an estimated cost greater than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) shall be awarded through the formal solicitation procedure by the City Council. After due notice inviting bids, purchase orders and contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder."
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
The City of Brighton and SACWSD entered into a Settlement Agreement dated June 11, 1997, and an amendment to said Settlement Agreement dated August 17, 2010, pursuant to which the parties allocated rights and obligations with regard to South Adams' provision of water and wastewater service to certain areas within the southern part of Brighton or Brighton's growth area, which areas are generally outside of, adjacent to, and to the north of South Adams' service area. In these prior agreements, the City agreed to provide full service to the areas by extending its own system by 2015, thus replacing and eliminating the need for further District service to the area. However, the City did not extended its system to some of the areas served by the District by that deadline.
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