Estes Park Town Board approves on-call electrical contract renewals after term question

The Estes Park Town Board voted Tuesday to approve Resolution 6326 renewing on-call electrical services contracts with Dickinson Electric Inc., Flash Electric Inc. and Southpaw Electric Company after briefly questioning whether the paperwork described a four- or five-year term. The resolution covers budgeted on-call electrical services for the town.

The item was pulled from the consent agenda for discussion when Trustee Chris Eshelman said the presentation appeared to describe a shorter extension than the contracts themselves. Trustee Bill Brown later confirmed the agreements are five years total, with up to four renewals after the initial term, and said the resolution language could be cleaned up to reflect that.

Brown said approving the renewals as written would not make a practical difference, but revising the documents would require sending them back through the process. A staff member said the contractors had already signed the agreements.

Mayor Gary Hall said he was not in favor of extending the process. Brown added that staff had been waiting on the contracts so another job could move forward under them. Hall then made the motion to approve Resolution 6326 as presented, and the board approved it.

Resolution 6326 was listed as Item 6 on the consent agenda.