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29.

Meeting Date:	01/11/2016
APPROVE PAYMENT OF INVOICES TO SQUARE E ENGINEERING
Submitted for:	Martha Palacios	Submitted By:	Martha Palacios
Department:	Engineering

Subject:

Discussion and possible action to approve payment of invoices dated April 25, 2015 for a total amount of $86,005.00 to Square E Engineering, our electrical and instrumentation annual contractor for emergency work completed to bring the Water Treatment Plant and Sewer Treatment Plant back into code and repair significant safety concerns. [Account #745-3001-8801-7]

Issue: Due to delay in project accounting of hours worked by the contractor, payment of these services were never submitted for payment under prior fiscal year.

Solution: Hours completed by annual contractor have been confirmed as work completed in the plants. Payment of invoices for services rendered.

Result: Payment completion for services rendered.

Background:

During the process of evaluation of the Water and Wastewater system by consultants, many areas of concern were brought to our attention that needed immediate attention to address employee safety concerns, public and security concerns, and repairs that were needed immediately to prevent other equipment from degrading past their available life. An annual contract was formally bid through Purchasing Department policies and a sole bidder was acquired locally by the name of Square E Engineering. Contactor was asked to proceed to completing the area of concern under our direction and a total of approximately 850 hours of electrician and instrumentation control work was undertaken within the water and wastewater treatment plants.

Previous Court Action:

None

Fiscal Impact

Budget Account Number:	0
Funding Source:	0
Balance:	0
Financial Impact:
Funding is available under the Utilities Operations Budget under projected savings of the following account. Requesting using these accounts until April 1, 2016 when account transfers can be completed. 801-3002-6201 - $28,000 801-3002-6204 - $ 3,000 801-3002-6205 - $ 9,000 801-3002-6214 - $ 8,000 801-3002-6402 - $ 7,000 801-3002-6403 - $20,000 801-3004-6703 - $11,005