DATE: September 14, 2017
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Kristine Tallent, Assistant City Administrator for Finance and Administration
Mark Hilty, Assistant City Administrator for Public Works
Michelle Hatcher, Water Management Director
Juan Davis, Water Reclamation Superintendent
Ivan Thurber, Water Reclamation Assistant Superintendent
Brian Wilcox, Purchasing Manager
SUBJECT:
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Acknowledge report of emergency purchase from Rebuild-it Services Group, LLC of Midvale, Utah of services related to rebuilding a drive unit for and replacing the existing drive unit at Water Reclamation Facility clarifier no. 5, in the total amount of $52,455 for the Water Reclamation Division of the Water Management Department (to be allocated to 431-89530-52213; Purchase Order No. PO2523)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to report the emergency purchase of services related to rebuilding a drive unit for and replacing the existing drive unit at Water Reclamation Facility clarifier no. 5, in the total amount of $52,455 for the Water Reclamation Division of the Water Management Department.
Background
The drive unit for a wastewater treatment clarifier is what powers the mechanical works of the clarifier. On July 25, 2017, the drive unit for clarifier no. 5 at the City's Water Reclamation Facility failed. On July 26, 2017, City staff asked Rebuild-it Services Group, LLC (RSG) (a) to diagnose what work needed to be done on a used drive unit that had previously been removed from clarifier no. 9 at the City's Water Reclamation Facility (and was picked up at the Water Reclamation Facility by RSG on July 27, 2017) and (b) to prepare a proposal to rebuild that drive unit so that it could be repurposed for and replace the existing drive unit at Water Reclamation Facility clarifier no. 5. Staff compared the proposal, dated August 30, 2017 (which is in the total amount of $52,455), with what the City paid in 2016 ...
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