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County <br />Coordinator <br /> <br />Bonnie Johnson <br /> <br />Box 2806 <br />211 Ninth Street South <br />Fargo, North Dakota 58108 <br /> <br />701-241-5720 <br />Fax:701-297-6020 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br /> MEMO <br /> <br />County Commissioners <br />Bonnie Johnson~ <br />April 25, 2002 <br /> <br />JAIL BID ALTERNATES <br /> <br /> When the Cass County jail project was originally bid, several alternates <br />were proposed for the purpose of identifying costs but with the intention of <br />waiting until the end of the project to determine whether the county would have <br />enough funding to proceed with the alternates. <br /> <br />There are two items the board should consider at this time; <br /> <br /> First, the bid alternate for site irrigation was in the range of $25-30,000. <br />A current price would need to be obtained from the contractor to determine the <br />pricing today. Although the county owns 20 acres around the jail, the site <br />irrigation would be limited to the front, or public area, of the facility. The irrigation <br />would greatly assist with the germination and growth of the seed planted at the <br />facility. <br /> <br /> The second alternate the Board should revisit is the completion of the <br />curb, gutter, and paving ofthe perimeter road. Currently, onlythe front half of the <br />circular loop is scheduled for paving. The back half of the road was left as gravel <br />to allow the county the opportunity to review its sales tax revenues and project <br />costs near the end of the project. This bid alternate would cost roughly <br />$100,000. The additional road surface is highlighted on the attached plan. <br />Obviously, a paved road would serve the county better because snow removal <br />would be much easier and it would eliminate the need for regular gravel <br />maintenance. <br /> <br /> I have discussed both of these additions with the county auditor, and if the <br />board is inclined to proceed with these two additional items, funding is available <br />in the construction budget. <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION: <br />Move to authorize the county coordinator to secure current pricing on the bid <br />alternates for site irrigation and additional paving and to bring back the change <br />orders for final board approval. <br /> <br />Enc <br /> <br />K:\BJ\JAILALT5-6-02.WPD <br /> <br /> <br />