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<br />City Engineer Damon Johnson addressed the council with his monthly report. Mr. <br />Johnson said we received four applications for the Request of Qualifications <br />(RFQ’s) advertised to perform construction management/general contractor <br />services for the construction and improvements to the Batesville Water Treatment <br />Plant. After review of the applicants, he said he is recommending Tolm Group out <br />of Morrilton. After a brief discussion of their qualifications, Councilmember Poole <br />moved to accept the recommendation of Tolm Group. Councilmember Bryant <br />seconded and the roll call count was 7 for and 1 (Krug) abstained. Mr. Johnson <br />said they hope to have a 15% plan review by March and because of wait times, <br />they will start ordering parts as soon as possible. <br />Mr. Johnson reported that both plants are working good, Construction Department <br />is repairing water leaks from the extreme cold weather from a couple of weeks ago <br />and the Street Department is concentrating on cleaning out ditches. <br />Contract Section III work is continuing as projected. The pipes are in place under <br />the Highway 167 bore, and the bore at OMP is complete and they are ready to <br />place the pipes, then close both bores. The next process is the Railroad bores. <br />Mr. Johnson said the Railroad company is extremely hard to work with but he <br />finally has an approval to proceed with the bore. He hopes to have the project <br />wrapped up in June. <br />Councilmember Krug asked about the repairs to Broad Street from the new sewer <br />line repairs. Mr. Johnson said they should be able to do the concrete patching <br />around the first of next week, weather permitting, and then get on the wait schedule <br />with Atlas Asphalt for the paving. <br /> <br />