HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial City Council Minutes 10.24.1989Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
October 24, 1989
A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana, was held in the Council Chambers and called to order by Mayor
Bob Gauthier at 7:04 p.m., on October 24, 1989 for the purpose of
considering the bids for the bathroom/concession stand which were
opened on October 17th and referred to the Park Committee for review
and to make a recommendation.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Ron Marshall
Bob Graham
Chuck Rodgers
L.D. Collins
Bruce Teeters
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT:
Donna Kilpatrick
Chuck Dickerson
Norman Orr
The Park Committee reviewed the bids at a meeting held on October 23,
1989 at 5:30 p.m. The Committee recommended to reject all bids.
Jim Flisrand stated he did some calculations on the actual bids
and it worked out to be approximately $ 55.00 a square foot and he
said this is extremely excessive. Be said an average house can be
built for approximately $ 35.00 a square foot. Engineer's estimate
for this project is $ 12,075.00.
Jim did say that the cost to build a small building does run slightly
more because you still need the same equipment you would if you built
a large building but he feels that by going out to subcontractors,
this building can be built for under $ 18,000.00. Jim said there is
not $ 30,00.00 in that building and the committee recommended
rejecting all bids.
The City will be the main contractor and go out for bids on individual
items and he feels no one item should run over $ 5,000.00. The
building size is 22' x 24' and is approximately 500 square feet.
It was questioned whether the fixtures would be procelain or stainless
steel and Jim stated that the main concern at this time is to get a
building up for public use. If the cost does not allow the stainless
steel fixtures then porcelain would be used and if they do not hold up
due to use or possible vandalism, then you would need to replace them
with stainless steel at some point in the future. Dave Michael stated
that in one bid, procelain was $ 1,700.00 and stainless steel was
$ 9,500.00 so there is an extreme difference between the two.
Joe Bradley will write to the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
regarding what has happened with the bids. He will explain that we
are not trying to circumvent the law, specifically Montana Statute
7-5-4305, by rejecting the bids.
The Mayor stated they would like to have the footings, the sides of
the building and the roof up this fall and the interior and fixtures
could be finished next spring.
Motion by Alderman Collins to accept the Park Committee ' s
recommendation to reject all bids due to the bids being in excess of
the engineer's estimate, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried
5--0.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:12 p.m.
Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
Approved by The Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City
Laurel, Montana, this 7th day of November, 1989.
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ATTEST:
Donald L. Itackmann, City Clerk