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Livonia public works seeks housekeeping updates and GLWA contract amendment; water‑use limits adjusted
Summary
Public Works asked the council to replace an authorized representative on a previously adopted preparedness document and presented Amendment No. 5 to the Great Lakes Water Authority service contract, asking the council to accept nomenclature and flow‑data updates that will lower the city's max‑day and peak‑hour contractual limits (effective July 1, 2027).
The Livonia Department of Public Works asked the city council on May 4 to approve routine updates and housekeeping changes related to water services and stormwater agreements.
Assistant Public Works Director Zach Hoppala asked the council to amend Resolution 151‑25 to replace the authorized representative on a previously adopted drinking‑water preparedness document. Hoppala said the earlier plan — submitted for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund consideration to support lead service‑line identification and replacement work — needed the authorized representative updated because the prior signatory is no longer with the city.
Hoppala also described Contract Amendment No. 5 with the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), telling the council the amendment updates nomenclature and incorporates six years of meter data. He said the change will adjust the city’s contractual maximums from 23,000,000 gallons per day to 21.4 million gallons (max day) and reduce the peak‑hour limit from 33,000,000 to 30,000,000 gallons. Hoppala stated the changes will take effect July 1, 2027, and noted that he does not expect an immediate cost reduction because GLWA’s billing formula reallocates fixed fees among member communities.
Councilmembers supported placing both items on the May 18 consent agenda for formal action. No final vote was taken during the study session.
The study session also included several engineering items to accept stormwater facility maintenance agreements for new development projects; those items were likewise placed on the May 18 consent agenda.
