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Request to Authorize the Town Manager to Execute a Contract Amendment for Engineering Services
PURPOSE: To request that the Town Council authorize the Manager to execute a contract amendment with the Town Engineer, Sungate Design Group, for the provision of engineering services.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town currently retains Sungate Design Group (SDG) as its Town Engineer. SDG performs a number of professional engineering duties for the Town including but not limited to plan review to determine compliance with the stormwater requirements of the Land Use Ordinance (LUO), stormwater control measure (SCM) inspections, flood studies, engineering services for transportation projects (preliminary design and CEI), etc.
The Town is negotiating an updated service contract with SDG to reflect the firm’s rate increase. No other changes to the contract are under consideration for this amendment.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds made available in the Planning Department operating budget are sufficient to cover the amendment’s costs. There is no additional budgetary impact associated with this item.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Town Council adopted the attached resolution, authorizing the Town Manager to execute a contract amendment with Sungate Design Group.
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