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Show Cemteirvffle OKs Bid For Storm Brain By GARY R. BLODGETT News Editor CENTER VILLE - After a five-year struggle against storm drain water flooding their basements and yards, residents re-sidents of Centerville's 400 West can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. CENTERVILLE City Council, in a special meeting last Tuesday night, unanimously approved a low bid of $74,24 by Poulsen Construction Company Com-pany of Ogden to install a 36-inch underground storm drain pipe along the east side of 400 West from Porter's Lane (400 South) to the south city limits. The bid was more than $10,000 below be-low the engineer's estimate of $84,900 but about $10,000 above the amount actually budgeted for the project. ALSO, THE TOTAL project cost will amount to nearly $90,000 because $7,500 is earmarked for engineering and an additional $7,500 will be put into a contingency fund, explained Mayor Neil L. Blackburn. He stressed, however, that the bid was a "good bid by competent contractors." con-tractors." ALTHOUGH THE city budgeted rnlv nnfl fnr thf nrniprt an nHrli- water from the east as it flows through the fields and Pitford Acres Subdivision. Subdivi-sion. He noted that an upstream retention reten-tion pond (east of Pitford Acres) also is needed to complete the storm drain system. COUNCILMAN Lee Duncan said he "is amazed at the tremendous amount of runoff water that flows from those fields. It's no wonder residents of the area get flooded and complain every-time every-time we have a heavy rain." He suggested that Scout groups or other youngsters of the area donate their time as a community service project pro-ject to clean the open channels that become clogged with debris. "CUTBACKS in some departments, especially in capital improvements, will be necessary to finance the stprm drain project," said Mayor Blackburn. "And that's going to be difficult because be-cause the budget has already been cut to the bare bone." He suggested that there be some reductions, re-ductions, at least temporarily, in some capital improvements, including the water department. He told the council he had studied finances and proposed city projects dating back for the past six months before making any recommendations. recom-mendations. "THE CITY SIMPLY is not in finan- risl rnnHitinn tn matp a navmpnt until tional $20,000 has been approved as the city's allotment from the county 2-mill storm drain fund, the mayor explained. ex-plained. The low bid about $3,250 less than the offer from Knudsen Construction Company and nearly $6,000 less than Steven Weaver's bid of $80,623. EIGHT CONTRACTORS offered bids which ranged from the low bid to the high bid of $110,873. Mayor Blackburn said the underground under-ground line will pick up storm drain county property taxes are received in November, and that means the first progress installment can't be made until un-til early December," the mayor said. The council then unanimously approved the bid on the stipulation that the contractor will wait until December Decem-ber for its first installment payment. The final payment is to be made in January. WORK IS expected to begin within the next two weeks and be completed in 60 days. |