In recent years, at least one member of the Chandler City Council has asked for a presentation or for staff to take questions before voting on purchases as large as $13 million.
Not so during the week of Oct. 16, when council approved that amount on a consent agenda for a set of contracts for water system upgrades at the Pecos Surface Water Treatment Plant.
Council approved a construction manager-at-risk, $12.91 million contract with Archer Western for what city staff call the Water System Upgrades Program. Archer Western will upgrade the Pecos Surface Water Treatment Plant, which was built in the late 1980s and hasn’t been expanded since 2006.
