City Council

CITY OF WESTMINSTER REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING December 28, 2022 @ 12:00 PM Westminster Depot 135 E Main Street Call to Order Invocation & Pledge of Allegiance Certification of Quorum Public Comments: The floor is now open for public comments. Citizens of Westminster or others who have registered for time with the Clerk can now address Council for any matters on tonight’s agenda or other matters you wish to bring before the Council. Speakers are allowed up to 3 minutes and possibly longer if that Speaker is recognized in advance as representing a larger group with similar concerns. In order to preserve the decorum of this public meeting, and to allow adequate time for discussion among the elected membership of City Council, this will be the only time we will receive unsolicited comments tonight from the public. Comments from the Mayor and Council Routine Business None Old Business None New Business 1. Consideration of Bids for Coopers Mill Subdivision Water Improvements Phase I: The Windsor Aughtry Company is the developer for the Cooper Mills subdivision being constructed at the intersection of Mountain Road and Claremont Road. Cooper Mills is designed for 175 single-family housing units. The City executed an agreement with the Windsor Aughtry Company in 2021 to provide water and sewer service to the subdivision. An annexation covenant has been executed and recorded as required by City Ordinance. On June 30, 2022, the Windsor Aughtry Company purchased 175 water and sewer taps. On September 13, 2022, City Council awarded the sanitary sewer line for Coopers Mill subdivision to HDH Construction Group LLC, for the amount of Four Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Thirty-Six & 00/100 Dollars, ($474,036.00). The agreement between the City and Windsor Aughtry to provide water and sewer service allows the City Engineer Troy Rosier to bid and recommend to City Council award of the water and/or sewer lines. Mr. Rosier managed the bid process for the water system component of the subdivision. Mr. Rosier in his memo dated December 21, 2022 recommends “that a contract be awarded to the low bidder, Arrowood General Contracting, Inc., for ductile iron pipe for the amount of Four Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-One & 70/100 Dollars, ($427,571.70).”  City staff concurs with Mr. Rosier’s recommendation and recommends approval. The base bids (for ductile iron pipe) are as follows. Arrowood General Contracting, Inc. $427,571.70 (recommended) J&M Construction, Inc. $480,670.00 Payne, McGinn and Cummins, Inc. $481,777.50 HDH Construction Group, LLC $571,538.00 American Ductile Iron Pipe Company No bid. L.W. Inc. No bid. Adjourn