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Council approves surge-protection, equipment amendments and related wastewater maintenance work
Summary
Council approved replacement of nine surge-protection modules at the treatment plant, amended two capital line items in the wastewater budget and authorized staff to sign procurement documents related to wastewater maintenance and the digester roof project.
Lewistown Borough Council approved several procurement and budget amendments for wastewater plant maintenance and protection, including replacement of surge-protection modules and amendments to capital line items.
Council approved a lower bid for surge-protection modules at $7,600 (staff had two bids and the council amended the agenda to use the lower price) and executed amendments changing two wastewater-related line items in the meeting agenda (one change reduced an item from $8,900 to $7,600 and another reduced a digester-related line to $1,309,300 from $1,409,300). Staff said surge protection will protect treatment-plant electronics during outages and that the amended digester award includes added equipment such as blowers.
Why it matters: surge protection reduces the risk of electronic equipment failure at the wastewater plant; budget amendments align procurement awards with current bid prices and with the vendor's revised scope for the digester project.
Administrative direction: council also authorized administration to sign contract documents after vendor and Heritage paperwork is returned, tying administrative signature authority to the documents presented to staff and council.
Ending: council approved the procurement items by roll call and asked staff to proceed with vendor coordination.
