At its Mar. 17 meeting, the Boulder City Council accepted a $1.2 million bid from Karnath Contracting to complete a number of tasks related to the city’s long-standing effort to expand and improve its public water system.
Among other, unspecified, improvements, Karnath will construct a new well house for Well Four, which was recently relocated from near Little League Park to nearby city property, and restore an existing well house located near Boulder Elementary School.
“I think we have a very good bid, with Karnath,” said Morrison Maierle project engineer Elly Schmeltzer, who leads the water system improvement project’s technical planning and is retained by Boulder as its city engineer. “My estimate was close to $1.68 million, so [Karnath’s bid] is an excellent number. I don’t have any hesitation awarding this contract, as they are the true low bidder.”
