Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Kokosing Construction Co., Inc. for the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant (SWWTP) Biosolids Land Application Facility, Contract S84, CIP No. 650356-100002 and to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $42,997,350.00 from the Ohio EPA Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF); and to amend the 2015 Capital Improvements Budget for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
The approval to enter into a loan agreement with the Ohio EPA was authorized by Ordinance 0258-2015 which authorized the Director of Public Utilities to apply for, accept, and enter into up to five (5) Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Agreements with the Ohio Water Development Authority and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, for the financing of up to five Division of Sewerage and Drainage Division (DOSD) construction projects; to designate a dedicated source of repayment for the loans; and to declare an emergency.
The work consists of furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals as specified and required to provide for the demolition of existing facilities including the Sludge Concentration Building, Parts Storage Building 1, and Carpenter’s shop; construction and installation of new facilities including four 2 million gallon concrete biosolids tanks, a biosolids control building housing pumps, piping, electrical equipment, and mechanical equipment; a new parts storage building; four biofilters that will serve the biosolids tanks; a three-bay truck load-out facility; various other pump and pipe modifications to existing facilities; and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, in accordance with the plans and specifications set forth in the Invitation For Bid (IFB).
2. Project timeline: The contract work for this project should provide the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant with a biosolids storage facili...
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