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Regular Council Meeting September 28, 2015 Page 4 Sherman to Brame. Mr. McDaniel said on that block there was a 6 inch line which was incrusted to a 3 inch line and it came off of a 14 inch main that runs from east to west on Sherman, which was one of the main feeders. He told the Council staff was laying a 10 inch line from Sherman to Brame in an effort to increase those pressures. Mr. McDaniel also explained there was a drainage problem at Brame and Church where there was a storm water inlet box that had 12 inch pipe that was not allowing enough water to flow, but that staff was fixing that. Council Member Lancaster questioned whether or not McInnis Brothers was ever responsible for that section. Mr. McDaniel said it was never in the plan and he did not know how that one block got missed. Mayor Hashmi inquired if McInnis was taken off the contract. Council Member Lancaster said the contract was closed without McInnis completing the work and the city had to deal with it and Church Street was still a mess. Council Member Lancaster expressed concern that the City closed out the contract and paid McInnis almost everything that was owed under the contract. Council Member Lancaster questioned whey McInnis was paid and whether or not they had a bond. Mr. McDaniel said normally the bond process was filed if a contractor does not get the job done, but that he did not know the history. Council Member Lancaster said he understood that Mr. McDaniel was not here then and that she may have to take it up with the city manager to find out what happened. She also said this wasn't just Church Street, but included W. Kaufinan Street and 3rd Street, almost to the fairgrounds. Mr. McDaniel said staff was doing work in -house from Sherman to Brame on Church Street, and estimated it to be completed in about 5 weeks. He also said when McInnis laid the 20 inch water main from Henderson all the way to Sherman Street; they left the old main in the ground and never capped it off causing a problem. He said the new main ran parallel to the old main. Council Member Lancaster said nothing was ever done about any of it until she started asking about the double fire hydrants and the fact they were all painted the same color. She said she wondered how the fire department knew which hydrants to use. She also said when the change order was done there was a line item that reflected the City had to pay $5,500 to find out where the City valves were. Council Member Lancaster said she was concerned that such a bad job was done on Church Street, the City paid for it and now the City was going to have pay for it again. Mr. McDaniel said to date the City had spent $35,000 on killing out the line. Council Member Lancaster expressed concern about the money that was given to the City for this project and the City having liability in not going after McInnis' bond. Council Member Lancaster said she remembered talking to Mr. Napier and that he said they had done a really bad job and she questioned why we were paying them. She said as she recalls, Mr. Godwin said there was one more payment still left and that she told him not to pay the company, and make them fix it. She said it was paid anyway. Mayor Hashmi said it was his understanding McInnis was not going to be paid. Mr. McDaniel said the contract was for $1,815,202.91 and they were paid 1,794,894.62, about a $20,000 difference. Council Member Lancaster said that street was going to cost more than 20,000. Mayor Hashmi said he thought the Council told Mr. Godwin not to make the last payment. Council Member Frierson said his recollection of a conversation with John Godwin was there was about $150,000 that McInnis was not paid. Gene Anderson said his research shows they were paid and he found a resolution from the December 8, 2014 meeting that approved a change order reducing the contact by about $20,000 and the resolution authorized final payment. Mayor Hashmi asked that that the minutes of that meeting be pulled. Council Member Lancaster said she may choose to place this back on an agenda to discuss with John.