Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a Guaranteed Maximum Reimbursement agreement with Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC (Kurtz) for the upgrades to the City's Trucked Waste Disposal Facility (TWDF).
The City's trucked waste disposal facility, on-site and operated by Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC, has experienced unforeseen problems. Due to the nature of the material being accepted at the site, the TWDF has experienced many blockages and overflows of the existing 8-inch diameter sanitary sewer serving the site. Sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) are in direct violation of the City of Columbus' SSO consent agreement and must be resolved immediately.
The proposed remedy is: 1) the addition of screen equipment, commonly called a Septage Receiving Station, to remove grit, rags, and other inert material from the waste stream before it enters the sanitary sewer collection system; and 2) upgrading the sanitary sewer lateral from 8-in to 18-in diameter and making a new direct connection into the 150-in diameter interconnecting sanitary trunk sewer.
Upon passage of this Ordinance the City of Columbus will agree to pay a guaranteed maximum reimbursement up to $1,846,000 to Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC for construction improvements at the City's Trucked Waste Disposal Facility. The contractor has agreed to construct the improvements at their cost and then obtain reimbursement from the City.
A guaranteed maximum cost reimbursement with Kurtz Brothers Central Ohio, LLC provides that they construct the public improvements on the City's behalf that are publicly bid and subject to reimbursement agreements with the City.
Emergency action is requested as the improvements to the City's Trucked Waste Disposal Facility are of immediate concern due to the potential for sanitary sewer overflows at the site and cannot happen until the City has entered into an executed guaranteed maximum reimbursement...
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