Title
Consideration of and action on ratifying an emergency purchase for a replacement pump at the Green Valley Lift Station.
Body
Summary:
The Green Valley Lift Station is one of largest lift stations in the City. It operates with three large submersible pumps, which pumps the waste to the Waste Water Treatment Plant. One of the pumps has been non-operational for a few weeks and repairs are being made to it. This left us with two operational pumps, one of which recently broke down causing the lift station to only have one operational pump, which would not keep up if we were to get a lot of rain. During the formation of the tropical system, which later became Barry, when our area was still a potential target of the tropical system, a new replacement pump was ordered. This was necessary because if the last pump were to go down it could mean an overflow of sewage into homes, thus constituting an emergency.
The cost for the new pump is $53,033.00 through Hahn Equipment. This is a single source vendor as the existing pump would be replaced with the exact specifications as the previous pump.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
There is $150,000 budgeted in contingency funds in the Water & Sewer Maintenance Department to cover this expense.
Recommended action
Ratify the emergency purchase of the pump.