Show i City Will Pay Adjustment Adi Fee I The Moab City Council has ha agreed to pay Davis Holder Grand Junction Engineer orthe on or the Moab City water and sewer sewer sewer se se- project an additional in addition to his orIgInal original or or- contract The decision was made a aa at ata ata a special city council meeting Monday evening attended by bj byall byall all council members Mr Hoider Hol Hoi Holder der and other city officials The additional money defined defined defined ed as an adjustment Is contingent contingent con con- upon two stipulations First the sewage disposal plans must be approved by bythe bythe bythe the government and the government government government gov gov- grant approved to build the plant before the money is forthcoming from fromI the city second Mr Holder I must see the engineering on the sewage disposal plant I through to final completion and operation before the adjustment adjustment ad ad- money Is paid Mr Holder Bolder based his request request re request re- re quest for the adjustment adjustment adjustment adjust adjust- ment upon the delay caused In completing the projects by breaking up th the various phases phases phases pha pha- ses of the wat water r and sewer project A dela delay ensued he said when the city ch council re quested estimate estimates on constructing con the project t with as cement and steel pipe as s well as the cast iron pipe In his original specifications Additional were drawn he stid slid after which the council decided to use the cast rast iron pipe as originally specified Other delays ensued ensued en sued when the Utah State hoard noord of Health originally refused to place a stamp of approval on the activated sludge type sewer disposal plant designed by Holder and new to the state of Utah Lone dissenter among the councilmen In voting for th the additional payment to Holder was Councilman Eben Scharf When Scharf Indicated to Hoider Holder Holder Hol- Hol der he did not favor agreeing to an additional payment a athis at this time he said Holder Indicated in indicated in- in he might not complete the job Engineers on such projects operate under tinder no performance bonds it was wag learned When questioned some city officials felt feU there were two sides to a delay in the pro For one thing they stated Holder is almost one year late in producing final plans for the project 1 if they are submitted by January 20 as he promised at the mCf meet meet- t- t Ing Holders Holder's engineering costs have lave amounted to a total of prior to the adjustment adjustment ad- ad granted Monday night Total amount of the water and sewer project is water sewage collection collection col col- lection and estimate estimate esti estl- mate on the sewage disposal plant Is being withheld until after alter the project Is bid The entire water and sewer sewer sewer se se- Improvement project for tor forthe the he city includes a spring developement de de- elopement system 16 Inch transmission line Une distribution Ion Uon lines Unes gallon storage tank sewage collection tion lon system and the disposal Osal plant lant Mayor Boyd said Holder first requested an adjustment on n the contract in December of f 1963 A decision on the type ype of pipe to be used was I made mad by the council counell early in 1963 and in January of 1904 1004 councilman John Mullen recommended recommended recommended re re- I commended an adjustment be beI discussed at a later date I Councilman McDougald moved that the total balance of engineering fees for all phases of the water and sewer sewer sewer sew sew- er improvement projects be adjusted from the presently presently presently pres pres- owed to payable payable payable pay pay- able contingent upon performance performance performance per per- of Holder Engineering Engineer Engineer- ing Service It was also stipulated that the Cozzens Engineering fler- fler Service Ser Ser- ervice er- er vice of Moab and the Cooper Estate be paid any earned balance out of the sum with the balance paid to Holder Engineering upon final completion completion completion com com- and approval of the project The motion was seconded seconded sec see by Councilman Curfman Curf- Curf Curfman man and passed with Council man Scharf casting the lone dissenting vote John Mullen engineer member member member mem mem- ber of the council said the adjustment to Mr Holder was delivered on the basis of the American Standard fee system system tem em used by erigin engineers ers After breaking the tho water and sewer project into divisions as it was constructed he said an approximate 72 per cent fee was ivas used to establish the additional additional ad- ad allotted to Mr holder In addition to his orIginal original or- or contract To have hired another mother engineer to do the project would have cost an estimated 9 per cent on the project he said Councilman Scharf said Tuesday he had no toward oward other councilmen for tor their heir stand that Holders Holder's demand demand demand de de- mand for tor an adjustment be met Actually he said for tor the I good of ot the city cuy they did right |