Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with The Ohio Edison Company for the Fourth Water Plant (FWP) Site Preparation project, CIP #690600-100002, in an amount up to $4,168,373.33.
The Fourth Water Plant Site Preparation project will design and construct a new water plant (aka Home Road Water Plant) to meet water supply needs and increase the resiliency and reliability of the water supply system. The FWP site is located on City owned property in Delaware County, Concord Township, at the southeast corner of Dublin Road (S.R. 745) and Home Road (C.R. 124). The address of the FWP site is 8415 Dublin Road, Delaware, Ohio 43065.
Ohio Edison is the electric utility that serves the FWP site and surrounding area. Existing electrical utility lines near the site do not have capacity to supply the water plant’s electrical needs and Ohio Edison must extend an electrical transmission main to the site to meet the FWP’s electrical needs. To extend the transmission main, the City must enter into a service installation agreement with Ohio Edison. The service installation agreement with Ohio Edison will provide engineering and construction services for the transmission main extension. The extension will construct approximately 3.3 miles of 138 kV transmission line that will run from Ohio Edison’s existing London-Tangy transmission line to the FWP site.
This work is anticipated to be performed as part of the Fourth Water Plant Site Preparation project that is currently out for bid, with bids due 11/6/24. The contractor awarded the contract for this project is to pay Ohio Edison to perform this work. This payment must be made by mid-February or the permit process will have to begin again with Ohio Edison, which will take a year to complete. This will substantially delay the construction of the FWP, and the price for the Ohio Edison work will increase substantially if the permit process ha...
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