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Bunker Hill Village council ratifies emergency repairs, approves water-tank change order and multiple vendor payments
Summary
The council approved reopening the City Hall water storage tank recoating project with a final pay request of up to $11,000, ratified four emergency repair authorizations (sound wall relocation, asphalt overlay, sanitary sewer repair, manhole work), and approved the consent agenda including a $315,000 pay estimate for Water Well No. 5; councilors voted 4-0 on the motions.
The Bunker Hill Village City Council on Aug. 17 ratified several emergency repairs, approved a contractor change order and accepted a set of invoices and pay estimates tied to ongoing capital and utility projects.
Steve Smith, director of Public Works and Building Official, told the council that Viking Industrial Painting informed the project engineer that it had not previously invoiced for removal of an old hydro-pneumatic tank performed in April 2021. Langford Engineering confirmed no prior invoicing and recommended payment. The council approved reopening the Ground Storage Tank recoating project and Change Order No. 4/Final Pay Request in an amount not to exceed $11,000 on a motion by Councilmember Keith Brown, seconded by Councilmember Laurie Rosenbaum; the motion carried 4-0.
Council also ratified four emergency authorizations related to ongoing construction and safety issues: relocation of a sound barrier wall to restore the school bus lane for Bunker Hill Elementary School (Change Order No. 1), an asphalt overlay to repair the bus lane, emergency repair of a failed sanitary sewer line on Greenbay Drive with associated pavement work, and repairs to a wastewater line and manhole near the intersection of Bunker Hill Road and Forest Glen. Minutes list funding sources for these repairs as available from project contingency, the City's street repair/general fund and the Utility Fund M&O; staff said a 2021 budget amendment will be brought forward in October to fully fund the work.
The minutes contain inconsistent figures for the sound-barrier relocation (the ratification summary lists the Change Order No. 1 amount as "not to exceed $12,600.00" in one place and describes $12,000.00 in another passage). The minutes state that the work was completed to allow buses to resume regular operations for the start of school. Other emergency amounts recorded include an asphalt overlay up to $12,000, sanitary sewer repairs up to $14,000, and T-Construction repairs costing $9,990 with an additional authorized contingency of up to $7,000 for related manhole repairs; the council ratified these authorizations on a 4-0 vote.
On the consent agenda, the council approved routine minutes and financial reports and a slate of professional invoices and pay estimates, notably Alsay Inc. Pay Estimate No. 2 for $315,000 for Water Well No. 5 construction, Langford Engineering invoices for engineering work on the well and tank project, and a CenterPoint Energy invoice for $15,888 to install streetlights along Memorial Drive. The consent agenda motion carried 4-0.
Councilmembers emphasized quick coordination with the school district to ensure bus access at the start of the school year and said staff will return in October with budget amendments to reconcile emergency expenditures.
The meeting adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
