DEPARTMENT: Transportation
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute First Amendment To Contract With S.M. Hentges & Sons, Inc. And Amend 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Program Budget In Cities Of Inver Grove Heights And Eagan, County Projects 26-54, 63-27
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County (County) is constructing County Project 26-54 and County Project 63-27 in the City of Inver Grove Heights and City of Eagan (Cities); and
WHEREAS, to provide a safe and efficient transportation system, the County and the Cities have proceeded with County Project 26-54 and County Project 63-27; and
WHEREAS, County Project 26-54 will expand approximately two miles of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 26 (Lone Oak Road in Eagan, 70th Street in Inver Grove Heights) from Trunk Highway (TH) 55 to TH 3 from an existing two-lane roadway rural section to a four-lane divided urban roadway; and
WHEREAS, County Project 63-27 will construct on a new alignment CSAH 63 (Argenta Trail) from CSAH 28 (Amana Trail) north to 65th Street and from 65th Street to old Argenta Trail (CSAH 63) to the north of CSAH 26; and
WHEREAS, on August 3, 2021, Dakota County awarded the bid and executed a contract with S.M. Hentges & Sons Inc. for $24,776,465.25; and
WHEREAS, the project is now substantially complete with only minor items of work and turf establishment remaining; and
WHEREAS, the construction contract has cost increases of $1,121,450 or 4.5 percent over the original contract amount; and
WHEREAS, the primary component of the cost increase is fuel escalation in the amount of $525,000; and
WHEREAS, construction cost increases include additional costs for excavation, grading, and hauling around existing utilities, installing additional select granular borrow at storm ponds, potholing around existing utilities, density incentive, and a quantity overrun on aggregate base; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends authorizing a contract amendment with S.M. Hentges & Sons, Inc. in the amount of $1,121,450 for construction cost increases and authorizing a budget amendment in the amount of $1,121,450.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Physical Development Director to execute a first amendment to the contract with S.M. Hentges & Sons, Inc. in the amount of $1,121,450 for increased costs, resulting in a total amount of $25,897,915.25 for County Projects 26-54 and 63-27, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the 2024 Transportation Capital Improvement Plan Budget is hereby amended as follows:
Expense
County Projects 26-54 and 63-27 $1,121,450
Total Expense $1,121,450
Revenue
Transportation Fund $1,121,450
Total Revenue $1,121,450
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