Harrisville staff seek approval for a $143,359 basin expansion, a $192,980 loader and road bids

Harrisville's Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda lists the Dixon Creek Basin project and the purchase of a Cat 926M loader, both presented by Glen Gammell, along with fiscal 2026-27 road projects and sidewalk repairs. Supporting memos dated Oct. 7 from Bryan Fife are in the packet. ^[1]

Dixon Creek Basin

The memo says the basin requires 276,200 cubic feet of detention volume and currently holds 153,315 cubic feet, a deficit of 122,885 cubic feet. ^[1]

It lists an original cost of $378,700 in the city's impact fee facilities plan, with $329,525 eligible for impact fees. It estimates the project at $143,359 over two years with staff doing part of the work, a figure that includes the lowest bid. ^[1]

Blue Rock Enterprises bid $92,118, Regency Excavation $93,000 and Montgomery Excavation $170,989.85. The memo names the storm water impact fee account, with $1,800,000, as the funding source. ^[1]

The loader

The loader memo lists a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $293,134 and a state bid price of $192,980, a difference of $100,154, and compares a rental cost of $648 a day. It says the loader would be bought from the motor pool fund and paid back from the sewer, roads and storm water funds. ^[1]

The proposed budget amendment in the same packet adds $192,980 to motor pool asset purchases. Its motor pool payment increases also include the parks budget. A separate story covers the amendment. ^[1]

Road projects

For a mill and overlay of 450 West, LaRose Paving Inc. bid $78,203, Morgan Pavement $86,300 and Slate Canyon Asphalt $92,820. For about 1,000 feet of overlay on 700 North, the memo gives an engineer's estimate of $31,092.26 from Jones & Associates and says a partnership with the contractor on secondary water line work could cut that roughly in half. ^[1]

The memo says road project funds are approved in the 2026-27 budget but that staff prefer a second formal approval for large expenditures. ^[1]