DeKalb PWI committee approves contracts for sewer root control, generators, chemicals and more; stormwater master plan deferred

DeKalb Countys Public Works & Infrastructure Committee approved a batch of procurement items and capital program measures during its meeting, voting to award or extend multiple contracts for wastewater treatment, equipment maintenance and roadway landscaping while deferring a separate stormwater master-plan vote for further review.

The committee approved a three-year sanitary sewer chemical root-control contract to Duke's Root Control Incorporated for an amount not to exceed $19,685,670. The Department of Watershed Management presented the contract as part of ongoing consent-decree work to control root intrusions in gravity sewer lines; the item had been reviewed by audit before coming to the committee. Reginald Wells, Department of Watershed Management, said the product is applied only to targeted pipe segments identified by CCTV and then rechecked with post-treatment CCTV to confirm effectiveness. "The chemicals used aren't harmful," Wells said, adding they do not impact the plants' biological treatment processes.

The committee also approved an annual contract with two renewal options for generator maintenance and repair for use by the Departments of Watershed Management and Facilities Management. The award was split between Power and Energy Services and General Maintenance of Georgia (doing business as Sage Properties LLC), with total authorization not to exceed $3,925,000. Wells told the committee the vendors provide routine parts and repair to keep backup…