As part of the project to replace the Rose Park Pool Building damaged by fire in March of 2016, a 2-part bidding process occurred.  First, on December 20, 2016 bids were opened for the purpose of demolishing the existing pool building.  At the January 9, 2017 Council Meeting Council voted to awarded the bid to Asphalt Plus of Billings for the amount of $51,000.00.  Second, on January 10, 2017 bids were opened for constructing a replacement pool operations building.  However all bids exceeded the budgeted amount of the project, so on February 13, 2017 Council voted to reject all bids and re-bid the project for construction after the 2017 swimming season. 

Since the existing pool building is being used for the 2017 swimming season, Staff did not move forward to have Asphalt Plus sign a contract and instead communicated with them that the project would be delayed until late summer of 2017.  They were receptive to delaying demolition and honoring their bid to do the work later in the year.  However as time passed they have found that due to timing and financial constraints they are no longer in a position to move forward to sign a contract and do the demolition work at the bid price. Therefore it becomes necessary for Staff to recommend to Council that they vote to reject all bids.  The demolition portion of the project will be incorporated into the overall construction documents to be re-bid as a single package.

City Council may:

• Vote to reject all bids for demolition of the existing Pool Building at Rose Park or;
• do nothing and provide staff with additional direction.