Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with Storts Excavating, Inc., for the construction services associated with the Sanitary System Rehabilitation-Cozzins Street Regulator Abandonment Project, and to pay a maximum of $97,062.50. This project will complete the removal of all sanitary sewer connections to the Cozzins St. Regulator, that had allowed combined sewer overflows during wet weather events. This contract will abandon the regulator chamber, and will ensure the discontinuation of all overflows.
2. FISCAL IMPACT:
The project accounts from which funds are being transferred from within this ordinance are residual funds from projects that are complete or no longer require additional funding.
3. EMERGENCY LEGISLATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting this legislation to be made an emergency measure in order to allow for the immediate commencement of the project work that is necessary to ensure the termination of combined sewer overflows from the Cozzins Street Regulator.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with Storts Excavating, Inc., for the construction of the Sanitary System Rehabilitation-Cozzins Street Regulator Abandonment Project, to authorize the transfer and expenditure of $97,062.50 from the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to amend the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($97,062.50)
Body
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Utilities publicly opened and read four competitive bids for the construction of the Sanitary System Rehabilitation-Cozzins Street Regulator Abandonment Project were received on February 16, 2005; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is immediately necessary for this City Council to authorize the Director of the Department of Publ...
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