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Billing Utilities Committee recommends bids for backup quicklime supplier, caps contract at $150,000
Summary
On Jan. 27 the Billing Utilities Committee voted to forward to council a recommendation to authorize the director of public service and safety to advertise for bids and enter a contract for a backup supplier of quicklime not to exceed $150,000. The move is meant to ensure supply continuity if the city’s long-standing supplier cannot meet demand.
Samuel Pierce, chair of the Billing Utilities Committee, said Jan. 27 the committee had before it a recommendation to authorize the director of public service and safety to advertise for bids and enter into a contract for a backup supplier of quicklime at a total cost not to exceed $150,000.
A city staff member explained that quicklime is the lime chemical used to soften water at the treatment plants. "It's quicklime. So it's a lime, the lime treatment that we use, the lime chemical that we use, to soften the water at the plants," the staff member said, adding the utility uses two sources of lime: a commercial market and a long-standing contract with the City of…
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