The Clarendon City Council approved bids totaling more than $3.1 million for improvements to the city’s water distribution system during a called meeting May 29.
The three separate bids are part of a USDA-funded grant-loan project the city has been pursuing for several years. Work on the project is expected to begin in late July, according to City Administrator David Dockery.
The first bid awarded was to Circle P Welding Inc., for the construction of a new standpipe on the east side of town at a cost of $338,048.
The second award was $410,186.94 to Western Industrial Supply for the purchase and installation of auto-read water meters in a project that will replace all the existing meters in town. The awarded bid was not the low bid in this instance, but City Hall said the low bidder did not meet the specifications set out for the bid.
The third and largest bid was awarded to L.A. Fuller & Sons Constriction, Ltd., for $2,356,302 to replace approximately six miles of cast iron distribution pipes.
In other city business, the council revisited its action from March that would have closed a portion of Allen Street and Bugbee Avenue to through traffic. Keith Floyd addressed the council in favor of keeping those thoroughfares open, while Suzan Chassande-Baroz was back before council as the one who had asked those streets to be closed. No action was taken.
The council authorized Mayor Sandy Skelton to sign a grant agreement with the Don & Sybil Harrington Foundation, and aldermen also approved a resolution expressing the city’s appreciation to the foundation for its $100,000 award in support of the city’s water recreation project.
The council also approved a bid on tax delinquent property as presented.
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