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Council awards $4,182,433.10 contract for Landfill Cell 10 Phase 3
On its consent agenda, approved 5:0, the council awarded construction of the third and final phase of Cell 10 to low bidder Hammett Excavation, Inc. for $4,182,433.10 (Job Number 430121). Change Order No. 2, approved in December 2023, brought the total to $4,319,743.62. In September 2023 KFDA reported construction had begun in June 2023 and was half complete. The 2023 certificates of obligation included $5,865,000 supported by solid waste revenue for landfill facilities (see the certificates-of-obligation storyline).[1][2][3][4]
Donny HooperHammett Excavation, Inc.
What the sources say
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On April 25, 2023 the council's consent agenda, approved 5:0, awarded the Landfill Cell 10 Phase 3 construction contract to low bidder Hammett Excavation, Inc. for $4,182,433.10; the transmittal memo called it the third and final phase of Cell 10 and listed funding in Job Number 430121, with no state or federal funds.[1][2]
- Amount
- $4,182,433
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Change Order No. 2 of $137,310.52, approved on the December 12, 2023 consent agenda (5:0), brought the Cell 10 Phase 3 contract to $4,319,743.62.[3]
- Change order
- $137,311
- Total
- $4,319,744
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The City check register shows four payments to Hammett Excavation Inc. between August 17, 2023 and January 22, 2024 totaling $4,319,743.62 ($574,868.75 in 2023 and $3,744,874.87 in 2024). The register does not tie payments to projects.[5]
- Register total
- $4,319,744
- Payments
- 4
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KFDA reported in September 2023 that the landfill is laid out for 12 cells on about 660 acres, that Cell 10 construction began in June 2023 at an estimated cost of about $4 million and was 50% complete, and that the addition was expected to add 10 to 15 years of landfill life.[4]
- Estimated cost
- $4,000,000
- Planned cells
- 12
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Buzz Pishkur, interim Director of Public Works: Interim Public Works Director Buzz Pishkur said: "Everybody calls it the city dump but really it's an asset to the community."[4]