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City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby explained it has to be paid upon within 30 <br />days of receiving the cabin and chassis, which will ship to them likely in the third or fourth quarter <br />of next year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman shared that based on his knowledge, prices will not continue to increase <br />and prices should be leveling out. He likes the idea of saving money by buying the snow plows <br />now, but he would also be willing to revisit later because he does not think there will be a 20% <br />price jump into next year. With frontloading other costs, like the police vehicles, he feels <br />comfortable pushing this discussion to next year. <br /> <br />Acting Mayor Riley asked if everyone was in agreement with moving this discussion to the <br />beginning of next year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht stated he is still leaning towards this year. <br /> <br />There was a consensus of the Council. <br /> <br />2.03: Review Estimated Project Costs, Funding Sources, and Construction Schedules for <br />Proposed Water Treatment Plant Improvements <br /> <br />City Engineer/Interim Public Works Director Westby gave a presentation on the proposed water <br />treatment plant improvements. He discussed the feasibility study that was done in March of 2021 <br />and shared the costs at the time for the proposed improvements was just under $29,000,000. He <br />shared this was broken into two components, the trunk water main improvements, which would <br />bring the water from the wells to the water treatment plant. He said the bids came back at almost <br />double what the original estimate was for this project. The original estimate was for just under <br />$4,000,000 and the new bids are at over $7,000,000. He mentioned that in the meantime the water <br />treatment plant design has been worked on, which is now estimated to cost $38,600,000. He shared <br />that there is a shortage of concrete and many smaller contracts are being turned down for concrete <br />orders, so he is not sure what will happen with cement costs in the coming years. He shared that <br />he received notice on the Riverdale Drive project that the cable barrier supplier is running out of <br />material. He shared the new estimated cost of the project is $47,600,000. He stated that his team <br />has been working to refine the plans to keep costs down for the water treatment plant and the truck <br />water main projects. He mentioned the project schedule is at about two years due to the supply <br />shortages and demand. He added that he would like to see the plant go live a few months before <br />peak water use season to be able to work out any bugs and commission the plant. He explained <br />that he would be looking to bring something to Council at the next meeting to approve plans and <br />go out for bids. He mentioned the trunk water main improvements are not as time sensitive as the <br />water treatment plant as it is likely a four month build. He reminded Council this was driven by <br />the health department finding manganese in the water supply which caused the City to only use <br />wells with the lowest concentration of manganese. He said since then the City has done a good job <br />of keeping the concentration in a safe range. He asked Council if they see the need to move forward <br />with the plant at this time or if there should be a pause on bidding the project to see if prices come <br />down in the future. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / September 13, 2022 <br />Page 13 of 16 <br /> <br />