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Council approves $254,702 change order to replace motor control center at East Side wastewater plant
Summary
Council authorized Change Order No. 1 with Scribe Electric Inc. for $254,702 to replace obsolete motor control center equipment at the East Side Waste Water Treatment Plant; the work is grant-funded and will raise Scribe's contract to $1,394,952.
City Engineer Jeff Hinderliter told the Administrative Services Committee that as contractors began installing upgraded blowers at the East Side Waste Water Treatment Plant, crews found the plant's existing motor control centers (MCCs) were too old and unrecoverable. He requested authorization for Change Order No. 1 with Scribe Electric Inc. in the amount of $254,702 to replace the MCC.
"As we got tearing into this thing... it's connecting brand new equipment to really, really old motor control centers that we can't even get parts for," Hinderliter said. He said the project team had budgeted contingencies and that the $254,702 quote fits in previously allocated funding. With the change order, Scribe's contract total would rise to $1,394,952, Hinderliter said.
Hinderliter said the project is funded by a green infrastructure grant and the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) state revolving fund; the EFC financing reflects hardship-community terms with 0% interest, and the change order does not affect the city's local bonding limit. Councilors asked for a more detailed itemized cost breakdown; Councilor Allen said he had raised concerns but was satisfied that Hinderliter would keep scrutiny on itemized costs as work proceeds.
Councilors voted to approve the change order. The motion passed with affirmative votes from Councilors Plunkett, Burridge, Allen, Venucci and Walton.
Why it matters: Replacing obsolete MCCs is necessary to operate upgraded blowers and avoid later failures; the change order uses grant and low-interest state revolving funds rather than local bond capacity. Hinderliter said the work is a one-time investment to get the plant "where it needs to be."
