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Perkins approves sewer evaluation and replacement contract, and a $9,500 lift‑station pay application from OWRB funds
Summary
City council approved a competitively sourced cooperative contract to evaluate and prioritize sewer-line repairs under an EPA community grant and acknowledged a $9,500 contractor pay application for a lift‑station project funded by Oklahoma Water Resources Board ARPA funds for the joint Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and City of Perkins project.
The City of Perkins on Tuesday approved a contract to perform a sanitary sewer-system evaluation and to prioritize repairs, using federal grant funding, and separately acknowledged a $9,500 contractor pay application for a sewer lift‑station project funded by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) American Rescue Plan Act award for a joint project with the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.
“Mister Ballhaus” (staff member) summarized the sewer evaluation scope for the council: it will assess infiltration (he referred to “eye tracking, which is infiltration”), perform camera inspections of manholes and lines including 3‑D mapping, smoke testing and provide a prioritized report listing sites that need repair. He said the work will “prioritize the issues,” producing a document that the city can use to schedule and budget repairs. The work is to be procured through a purchasing cooperative — the Houston‑Galveston Area Council (HGAC) contract — that staff said already meets federal and state procurement requirements for the EPA grant.
The vendor name and contract amount were discussed during the meeting with inconsistent figures in the record. The agenda item initially listed Root Control Incorporated at $299,643.90. During discussion a motion referenced Duke’s Root Control Inc. at $287,703.90, and at one point a speaker read an amount as "$2,299,643.90" for the City of Perkins Sewer Line Replacement Project. Council members approved the contract as presented; staff later confirmed that the procurement uses the HGAC competitively solicited cooperative contract.
On the lift‑station payment, the council acknowledged pay application No. 1 in the amount of $9,500 to the contractor for the sewer lift station project, funded by OWRB ARPA funds awarded for the joint Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and City of Perkins project. The agenda item and motions show the payment was approved following engineering and staff review.
Council discussion noted heavy infiltration during rain events as a key problem for the treatment plant and explained that the evaluation will help identify where focused repairs will yield the most benefit. Council members thanked staff and noted Senator Inhofe’s role in placing the EPA funding in the congressional budget; staff said the city then applied to the EPA and completed required steps to secure the grant.
Motions to approve the sewer evaluation/replacement contract and to acknowledge the pay application were carried by recorded yea votes from the mayor and commissioners.
