Pavilion repairs expand after rot found; city preparing formal invitation to bid

During the interview, infrastructure clerk Neil Morphis described an unexpected finding that enlarged the city's pavilion repair project: "after selecting the company and starting the work, he found rot in the post that support the whole structure," which expanded scope and cost and moved the project above the informal three‑bid threshold to require a formal invitation to bid and broader advertising.

Morphis said engineers and the architect are revising plans and that a code change in Oregon (noted as occurring after October of last year) increased seismic‑strength requirements, which also altered the project's specifications. He described the city's procurement approach — using the state's procurement website to target specialized contractors and broad advertising — and said officials hope to complete the work between this fiscal year and the next if bids and funding permit. The interview did not specify the numeric bid thresholds that trigger a formal invitation to bid; those amounts were not provided.