23 • ResolutionCity of Mansfield (Tarrant County)

26-2746: Resolution - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Awarding Contracts for 30-inch Transmission Main Phase 2 Lone Star Road and Chambers Street including L.G. Spades Construction, LLC for Construction and Raba Kistner, Inc. for Materials Testing, and Authorizing Funding for an Amount Not to Exceed $5,322,799.69; Finding that the Meeting at Which this Resolution

Presented in: 9/28/26 Regular City Council Meeting on 2026-09-28

Official Roll-Call Vote

Restrains Gov't • 4.7/10 Impact Weight

PASSED (7 - 0)

“Motion to approve 26-2746: Resolution - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Awarding Contracts for 30-inch Transmission Main Phase 2 Lone Star Road and Chambers Street including L.G. Spades Construction, LLC for Construction and Raba Kistner, Inc. for Materials Testing, and Authorizing Funding for an Amount Not to Exceed $5,322,799.69; Finding that the Meeting at Which this Resolution ”

Michael Evans

Mayor (Place 1)

YES

Tamera Bounds

Councilmember, Place 2 (Place 2)

YES

Brent Newsom

Councilmember, Place 3 (Place 3)

YES

Juan Fresquez

Councilmember, Place 4 (Place 4)

YES

Todd Simmons

Councilmember, Place 5 (Place 5)

YES

Todd Tonore

Councilmember, Place 6 (Place 6)

YES

Dr. Jim Vaszauskas

Councilmember, Place 7 (Place 7)

YES

Staff Report & Agenda Item Details

This project includes constructing a 30-inch bar-wrapped concrete cylinder water transmission main along Lone Star Road and Chambers Street to connect with Johnson County Special Utility District’s Pump Station 27 as part of a wholesale water supply contract. This project is a portion of Project 14 and Project 25 as shown in the Water Master Plan. Garver, LLC was contracted to provide professional services to design the water main extension with City Council approval on August 28, 2023 by Resolution RE-4061-23. The project was bid on August 13, 2026, and there were eleven (11) bidders for the project. The lowest qualified bidder was L.G. Spades Construction, LLC. Bids ranged from a low bid of $4,800,000.00 to a high bid of $10,972,400.00. The requested funds are for the construction contract with L.G. Spades Construction, LLC. in the amount of $5,280,000.00 which includes a 10% contingency of $480,000.00 to account for uncertainty associated with by-pass pumping, equipment control programming, and concrete pavement repairs along Chambers Drive, where varying existing conditions may require field adjustments. The requested funds are also for $42,799.69 for materials testing which includes a 10% contingency of $3,890.88 for a total project budget of $5,322,799.69.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 4.7/10). 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.