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Buildings and Utilities Committee recommends bidding rebuild of wastewater plant screen with $220,000 cap
Summary
The committee recommended that the director of public service and safety be authorized to advertise for bids and enter a contract to rebuild Screen No. 1 at the wastewater treatment plant, increasing the estimate from $180,000 to $220,000 because of parts cost increases and proposing a $40,000 offset from an avoided generator purchase.
The Buildings and Utilities Committee on Monday recommended that the director of public service and safety be authorized to advertise for bids and enter a contract to rebuild Screen No. 1 at the wastewater treatment plant, with a not-to-exceed cost of $220,000.
Committee chair Mrs. Marshall opened the meeting and said the committee would provide a recommendation to council on the procurement. Mr. Titterington, a wastewater treatment plant staff member, told the committee the screen under consideration is one of two at the plant and said, "This 1 was installed in 1996. The mechanical parts are just about that old." He described the work as a rebuilding of the screen rather than a routine repair.
Staff told the committee that the 2026 sewer fund originally included $180,000 based on an earlier quote. "We did in the 2026, sewer fund budget estimate, include a 180,000. That was the quote that we received at the time," Mr. Titterington said, adding that parts cost increases have raised the staff request to $220,000. He said the $40,000 difference could be offset by savings from not purchasing a new portable generator that had also been budgeted.
An unidentified attendee asked whether products marketed as flushable, such as so-called wipes, are captured by the plant's equipment. Mr. Titterington replied, "They are screened out. They come off of the screen. They go into, I don't know, a tub, a bed, or whatever. They go into a dewatering process ... and then it just gets hauled to the ... landfill." Chair Mrs. Marshall and the attendee both advised residents not to flush those products.
No emergency legislation was requested, and the committee did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript. After a brief opportunity for public comment and questions, an attendee said to proceed "as staff is recommending," the chair said the committee would move forward with the recommendation, and the meeting was adjourned. The committee will forward its recommendation to council for any required authorization and contracting steps.
