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Maywood trustees award $54,939 sewer-cleaning contract, approve repairs to trucks and buildings
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Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting the Village of Maywood Board of Trustees approved a $54,939.50 contract with United Septic to televise and clean sewers, authorized a $10,152.95 repair to the Vactor 2100 sewer truck, and approved $25,150 in Village Hall ceiling work and a $68,260 cornice contractor selection.
The Village of Maywood Board of Trustees on Feb. 5 approved a $54,939.50 contract with United Septic, Inc. to televise and clean sewer lines as part of routine infrastructure maintenance and CDBG/STP-related improvements.
The funding for the project was reported as split between the Madison Street Tax Increment Financing (TIF) fund (37 percent) and the Village General Fund (63 percent). The motion to award the contract was made by Trustee Lightford and seconded by Trustee Yarbrough; the vote passed with Mayor Edwenna Perkins and all present trustees voting aye (Trustee R. Rivers was absent).
Why it matters: the televising and cleaning project is intended to identify and clear blockages and to support planned roadway and stormwater projects. Contracting a low responsive bidder keeps an identified capital need on the municipal work plan and enables the Village to proceed with related street and reconstruction projects.
In the same meeting the Board authorized a repair to the Vactor 2100 sewer truck—replacing the head gasket assembly and oil pan gasket—at a cost of $10,152.95 to be performed by E. J. Equipment, Inc. Officials said the repair was necessary to maintain the Village’s capacity to respond to sewer blockages and routine maintenance.
Trustees also approved replacement of ceiling tiles throughout Village Hall at 40 Madison St., awarding the work to George Garmon, LLC for $25,150 and approving a 10 percent contingency for furniture relocation during the installation; the Board waived the formal bid process for that project.
On a separate vote the Board first rejected all bids for cornice repair at the historic Maywood Masonic Temple (200 S. 5th Ave.) and then selected Sealguard to reinstall the cornice at a cost of $68,260, again waiving the bid process. The agenda packet lists a prior higher bid from ECO Construction and a lower late bid from Sealguard; the Board’s action was to proceed with Sealguard’s proposal.
The meeting also included non-policy items from the Village Manager such as authorizing a Fire Department ambulance to be declared decommissioned and put up for auction and approving purchase of an Originating Agency Identifier (ORI) so the police department can process fingerprinting for administrative applicants.
What’s next: work on the sewer-cleaning contract and the truck repair will be scheduled by Public Works; the cornice and ceiling projects will proceed under the vendor agreements approved by the Board.