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Regular City Council Meeting July 14,2003 Page 10 and this year to date, there have been nine contracts for just under three million dollars. Mr. Napier explained that a total of nine million dollars from the sale of certificates of obligation is in the Water and Sewer Fund and, of that amount, four million dollars is for two projects; the overhead 2.5 million gallon water storage tank and the 24 inch water line to that tank. Mr. Napier also passed out typical procedures for bidding and for day work and he discussed them as follows: ° Discussion by City Council authorizing the project. These are projects that the City Council may come up with. Mr. Napier said he was aware that the city gets complaints for doing day work. They also get a lot of complaints from Public Works because they received a lot of telephone calls regarding sewer stops on a certain sewer or a water line and a lot of rusty water complaints. Mr. Napier said a lot of the projects are set up as far ahead as a future budget year. Those we could be talking about now for next year. You have a lot of time to bid larger projects. Engineering Department prepares plans and specifications and presents to City Manager for presentation to City Council. This is only done on small scale projects due to the limited staff that the Engineering Department has. Most plans and specifications are done by consulting engineers. They are either chosen out-right or selected by proposals. It takes about two months to do requests for proposals and select a consultant. o Mr. Napier said once the Council selects the engineer they prepare plans and specifications, bring them back to the City Council, a resolution is approved for the plans and specifications and authorizing advertisement for bids. This takes a minimum of one month from the project being authorized, but will probably take longer due to the fact that plans and specifications must be completed.