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North Royalton committee moves loan application and recommends hiring AECOM for wastewater plant work
Summary
The Utilities Committee voted to send Ordinance 25-149 — a $150,000 loan application for design work at Wastewater Treatment Plants A & B — to Council and recommended hiring AECOM to prepare bid-ready design and serve as construction administrator; members also reviewed a yearlong inflow-and-infiltration study that will guide follow-up projects.
The North Royalton Utilities Committee on Oct. 7 voted to forward Ordinance 25-149 — authorizing the city to apply for a $150,000 loan to design improvements at Wastewater Treatment Plants A and B — to full Council and recommended that the city hire AECOM to provide design and later construction-administration services.
Wastewater Superintendent Ed Haller told the committee the consultant GPD completed an initial year of I&I work that established a “basic model” and mapping to identify where inflow and infiltration are concentrated. “That is an entire year’s worth of work,” Haller said, adding that the metering and mapping create a foundation for targeted work in the coming year.
Haller described Ordinance 25-149 as a step to fund design for three high-priority near-term projects identified during the facility assessment work. He said the requested loan amount is $150,000 and that the funds would be used chiefly to prepare bid-ready documents: “Many of these things we potentially could have a contractor just come in and do, but because they exceed the threshold it requires them to competitively bid, they need to have bid documents prepared.”
Committee Chair Mary Gorjanc moved the ordinance to Council; Vice Chair Joanne Krejci seconded. The motion carried on a 3–0 vote.
Haller said the city expects to complete design by spring, advertise for competitive bids in the summer, and aim for construction starts in the fall, with a target of September for initial work. He cautioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency review process could affect timing but said the planned work is primarily maintenance rather than a process change.
The committee also recommended that legislation be drafted to hire AECOM for the Plants A & B improvement project, with the city initially placing funds in the budget as a placeholder until loan reimbursements arrive. “They will be getting a loan coming in, but they need to have that money in place in the budget to be able to approve the contract,” Haller said. Clerk of Council Helen Dunlap told members a budget amendment is likely at the next meeting to transfer savings to cover the early expenditures.
AECOM performed a site visit as part of the facility assessment, Haller said, examining plant equipment and consulting with field staff; the committee was told a workshop on pumping, screening and the plant grids is planned for November and may be rescheduled. The committee unanimously recommended moving forward with design authorization and the AECOM contract pending Council action and budget appropriation.
Next steps: Council will receive Ordinance 25-149 and the recommended legislation to hire AECOM; the committee expects a budget amendment to appear at the next meeting authorizing initial expenditures prior to loan reimbursement.
