Columbia City Council meets on Wednesday, November 18

By Temple Ligon

Columbia City Council held its regular meeting on Wednesday this week. Ordinarily council meets at 6:00 p.m. on the first and the third Tuesday of each month in City Hall. Last week, however, in observance of the death of a city police officer, the meeting was canceled. This week, Tuesday was election day, a schedule conflict with any city meeting.

The Wednesday meeting was attended by only four council members: Sam Davis, Mayor Steve Benjamin, Tameika Isaac Devine, and Brian Newman. Still, four rates as a quorum. Beginning at 3:15 p.m., the council meeting concluded by about 3:30 p.m.

The next city council meeting will be a work session at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1. A regular council meeting follows at 6:00 p.m.

Here is a quick tabulation of bid decisions by council this Wednesday afternoon:

• Project WM4365, Caughman Road Waterline Repair; council awarded Carolina Tap & Bore $97,595.40
• Project WM436401, Cofferdam Across the Columbia Canal; council awarded $118,000 to Kleinschmidt Associates
• Project WM4367, Water Connection with the City of West Columbia; council awarded $193,288 to LAD Corporation
• Project SS7356, Blockage Removal; council awarded $259,000 to G. H. Smith Construction
• Project WM436401, Columbia Canal Embankment Breach; council awarded $336,690 to Chao and Associates
• Project WM4364, Columbia Canal Water Treatment Plant; council awarded $598,665.20 to D&J Machinery & Rigging
• Lost Creek Road Bridge Design Build Project; council awarded $738,645 to McClam and Associates
• Project WM 4364, Columbia Canal Water Treatment Plant; council awarded $4,782,577.50 to McClam and Associates
• Council delayed its decision on Project WM4365, Emergency Repairs to the Columbia Canal Water Treatment Plant, for which M. B. Kahn Construction Company bid $908,140