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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 11,2003 <br />Page 20 <br /> <br />Councilman Bell asked what is wrong with getting two estimates $25,000.00 <br />and below and three estimates for $25,000.00 to $50,000.00, and then <br />anything over $50,000.00 is authorized by the City Council. City Manager <br />Malone explained that the City Engineer does an estimate of the projects when <br />he sits down to sees what he is going to do, but they are paying it by work-by- <br />the-day. <br /> <br />Councilman Bell said he wanted an estimate from the contractor. City <br />Attorney Schenk said if you look at the prior policy you have and look at the <br />Attorney General's opinions, the issue is to work by the day and to be work <br />by the day, you cannot obligate them for a long term project. Mr. Schenk said <br />that, if you are asking a contractor to run a thousand feet of pipe and build it <br />for less than a certain amount of money you do not have either of those <br />(contract or work-by-the day), you have a blend. You are trying to hold the <br />contractor to a set figure for the whole project, but you want to pay him by the <br />day, that is not work-by-the-day. Councilman Bell said he and Mr. Jenkins <br />can sit down and work it out because they seem to be on the same page saying <br />the limits that we can do on this and do it that way, but the city does not want <br />to do it, so he responded that he was back to page 1, don't do work-by-the-day. <br />City Attorney Schenk said Item 3A suggests to you a process to do what you <br />are talking about. The Engineer will do an estimate on a particular project and <br />give the Council a description of the project, an estimated cost, a time of <br />completion and recommend a contractor based on price and experience. Mr. <br />Bell said his problem is having Mr. Napier to the estimate instead of the <br />contractors. The City Attorney said that there may be an estimate but it would <br />be coupled with something akin to what Mr. Jenkins was discussing. He said <br />we would have?ia standardized price form that each contractor completes that <br />shows their charge for a particular kind of work. Mr. Schenck said there <br />would no longer be a misunderstanding about whether a piece of equipment <br />comes with an operator or without a operator. <br /> <br />Councilwoman Neeley requested that Mr. Napier bring the Council a sample <br />form so they could see if it was what they wanted. She said if they approve the <br /> <br /> <br />