1984-05-23 Called Regular Meeting

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I • • Minutes, Called Regular Meeting,~La Porte City Council May 23, 1984, Page 3 C. B. Walker, plant specialist and part owner of the Louisiana facility, answered questions from Council regarding the valve repair techniques used. After discussion, motion was made by Councilperson Gay to table this item until he could talk to his constituents and~to put the item back on the June 6 agenda. Second~by Councilperson Matuszak. The motion carried, 4 ayes, 3 nays, 1 abstain. Ayes: Councilpersons Pfeiffer, Gay, Matuszak and Mayor Cline Nays: Councilpersons Westergren, Longley, Graves Abstain: Councilperson Skelton • 8. Council considered bids on cleaning, television inspection and point repairs for portions of sanitary .sewer collection system for the City of La Porte EPA Project No. C-481176-03-0. David Gleason, representative of Sears & Burns, reported that there were three bidders: Baytown Construction, Reliance Construction and Channel Construction. No obvious irregularities were found with the apparent low bidder (Baytown Construction) or the third low bidder (Channel Construction. The second low bidder (Reliance), on the unit price of item 19, removal and replacement of house taps, seems to indicate either a misunder- standing of the addendum number 1 or an unbalancing of the bid. The second low bidder has filed a protest on the basis that the apparent low bidder failed to include MBE~form with his bid, and his protest seems to have some merit. Further, the ability of the apparent low bidder to successfully complete the project is questionable because his bid is so much lower than the others. Also, his qualification statement did not indicate any past experience in the cleaning and television inspection area. The other two bids are not reasonable since they are~at least 40 percent higher than the engineers' estimate, although they are otherwise acceptable.. Based on the facts, it is recommended that the City reject all three bids and put out the bids again. After discussion, motion was to reject all bids on the cl point repairs for portions o for the City of La Porte EPA by Councilperson Skelton. T. made by Council aning, televisi sanitary sewer Project No. C-4 .e motion Carrie erson Westergren n inspection and collection system 1176-03-0. Second 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Longley, Matuszak, Graves and Mayor Cline Nays: None