Foster City hopes to add contracted, on-call Public Works and maintenance workers to help with response and repair times for urgent and emergency needs.
“The city’s and district infrastructure is now over 50 years old, and although it is well maintained, it is requiring increasing age-related maintenance and repair,” Public Works Director Andrew Brozyna said. “City and district staff conduct regular and routine maintenance in repair of these systems in order to ensure that they remain in good condition on a daily basis, but there are occasionally needs for outside expert contractors to perform routine, urgent or emergency work that cannot be performed by staff.”
Brozyna cited one example that occurred earlier this year in April, when the city’s 24-inch water transmission main failed and required immediate attention. He also mentioned contracted work could be used for scheduled installation of large water meters.
Staff are planning to solicit requests for proposals for qualified contractors in the near future. The services could involve work on wastewater and stormwater systems, in addition to other services.
“This may also include services like debris management, building restoration or delivery of goods and supplies during an emergency. When there is an urgent or emergency situation that requires the expertise or staffing of an outside contractor, staff will identify the qualified contractor and secure their services through a task order for each separate project,” Brozyna said.
The City Council unanimously approved the resolution authorizing the request for proposal process.
“Executing these master agreements in advance of the need for specific scope of work will establish the contractual relationships between the city and district and qualified contractors … so that the staff are in a better position to reach out to contractors who can respond quickly and efficiently when the work is necessary,” he said.
According to the staff report, each task order will be under the city manager’s signing authority, “which is currently $60,000, but may be increased to $75,000 as of Jan. 1, 2025, and additionally through the contract term as allowed under the state Public Contracts Code and authorized by City Council, unless that work is done under a declaration of emergency.”
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