Consider Awarding the Bid to Construct a 75,000 to 1 00,000 Gallon Elevated Tank at the McAdoo Well Field, as Part of the 2017-201 8 Capital Improvements Plan Phase-1, Guthrie/Dumont Water System Improvements, and Take Any Other Action Deemed Necessary. Mr. Heaney explained that this is the required

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elevated tank th at will be needed to complete the Guthrie/Dumont Water System Capital Improvement Project. He ad ded that the elevated tank will allow the Authority the opportunity to pick up customers on top of the Caprock. He explained that four bids were received, and the Authority’s engineer, Biggs and Mathews, Inc. (BMI), recommends awarding the bid to the lowest bidder, P ittsburgh Tank and Tower Company, Inc. from Henderson, Kentucky, in the amount of $443,7 98. He added that BMI is very familiar with both of the low bidders on these final two c omponents of the Guthrie/Dumont Water System Capital Improvement Project. Following minor discussion, Mr. Davis made a motion to award th e

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 5.1/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.