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Department of Transportation recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Road Zone Maintenance Services PW 11-30595 with Doug Veerkamp General Engineering, Inc. in an amount of $81,829.97 for a term of thirty (30) working days to provide road maintenance, culvert installation and ditching services in the Arrowbee Estates Road Zone of Benefit No. 98201 located in the Lotus-Luneman area of County Service Area No. 2.
FUNDING: Arrowbee Estates Road Zone of Benefit Assessment Fees.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $81,829.97
Funding
Budgeted $81,829.97
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $81,829.97
Change To Net County Cost $ 0.00
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:
Funding for services under Agreement for Road Zone Maintenance Services PW 11-30595 will be provided by the benefit assessments for the Arrowbee Estates Road Zone of Benefit. There will be no cost to the General Fund or the Road Fund.
Reason for Recommendation:
The Department of Transportation is responsible for administration of 101 zones of benefit in the County. Thirty-two of the zones were formed for maintenance of roads that have not been accepted into the County Maintained Mileage System. Road maintenance work is performed by contractors and not by County forces in these zones.
In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce costs to these road zones of benefit, Department of Transportation staff requested direction from County Counsel regarding bidding and contracting processes for routine road maintenance in these types of zones. After review of the zone of benefit work program and the types of work commonly performed, Counsel advised that much of this work meets the definition of "maintenance" which is not subject to the requirements of the Public Contract Code, but is instead subject to the County's general procurement procedures.
Based on County Counsel's...
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