Authorization to Shortlist and Delegation of Negotiation and Execution of Agreement to County Administrator for Solicitation No. RSQ-KM-25-024 – Wesley Center WWTP Improvements and Expansion – Not to Exceed Budgeted Amount Plus 20%

1:42:38Yes.

1:42:40Mr. Waiton.

1:42:40Thank you. No, I just I pulled this one because it said uh not to exceed budget amount of twenty percent. And I don't know if Car Mike Karbala or whom I don't know who wants to to speak to this, but it's two essentially a two hundred and eighty million dollar project on consent uh when digging into it. So I just pulled it based on the the dollar amount and then the twenty percent contingency. So aside from that I don't have an issue just Mm-hmm. Fire away. So I think

1:43:05I I think what we would like to do is so the twenty percent has just been kind of a general rule of thumb that staff have used uh to allow for negotiating room. Typically when we started doing this practice probably about five years ago, they were more for consulting type contracts, not necessarily design build. So I am perfectly fine. Twenty percent of of a two hundred and eighty million dollar project is probably a lot. It is a lot. So, you know, if we can reduce that to have some wiggle room in terms of negotiation to say five

1:43:36percent, I think that would be great. I I'll that'll

1:43:39be my my motion with the county administrator's recommendation for approval.

1:43:43Okay. Do I have a second second

1:43:44second discussion?

1:43:45Okay. Fire away quick.

1:43:47I

1:43:47was

1:43:47just gonna say please make sure that English smoothly with the same yes sir. Please

1:43:51what?

1:43:52Make sure it goes smoothly. Well both.

1:43:55All right, I'll take uh okay, so there's a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, C thirty four. Commissioner Mariano.