26 - Utility Bond Project - Package 4 Third Party Engineering Audit

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Item No. 26 TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager SUBJECT: Utility Bond Project — Package #4 Third Party Engineering Audit DATE: November 9, 2020 BACKGROUND: At the October 12, 2020 City Council Meeting, the City Council agreed that they would like to meet with a qualified engineering firm to consider developing a scope of service to audit the Utility Bond Project — Package #4. STATUS OF ISSUE: The City Manager has identified Alfred Benesch & Company to present to you tonight as a qualified and experienced engineering firm in large water/sewer projects. The City Manager has worked with this firm before and had a very positive experience. Jeff Sockel, PE, and Tim O'Brian, PE, both from the Omaha, NE office, will present to the City Council their qualifications and experience. They will discuss initial thoughts about how to approach this specific project and be available to answer questions tonight. The City Manager recommends that the City Council review Benesch's qualifications and make a determination of whether they would like to pursue working with this firm, seek out other firms, or go a different direction than what has been discussed to -date. If the City Council wishes to pursue working with Benesch, then the City Manager will request that the City Council authorize him to negotiate a Scope of Service with Benesch to perform the desired project and bring that back to the City Council at the December 2020 City Council meeting.