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Committee recommends loan, change order and vehicle purchase tied to North Royalton sewer projects
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to recommend four ordinances to Council related to sewer work: a WPCLF loan supplement and a contractor change order for the Edgerton Road project (Ords. 26-43 and 26-44), purchase of a wastewater vehicle (Ord. 26-45), and consolidation of planning/design loans for plant work (Ord. 26-46).
The North Royalton Utilities Committee on March 3 recommended that City Council consider four measures tied to ongoing wastewater work.
City Engineer Matt Glass told the committee that the Edgerton Road sanitary sewer main is installed, tested and approved, but driveway and lawn restoration remain. Glass said field conditions—undercut and poor soils—and utilities found in unexpected locations increased the contractor’s workload and that asphalt and driveway quantities in the plans were substantially lower than what was required in the field. He said the project team now estimates a change-order increase of about $56,000, including a 10% contingency. "We are now looking for about $56,000 increase," Glass said.
The committee voted 3–0 to recommend Ordinance 26-43, a WPCLF loan supplement for the Edgerton project, and Ordinance 26-44, the contractor change order, to full Council.
Wastewater Superintendent Ed Haller described other plant-related work. He said the Abbey Road sewer main is in service and operational but that SCADA integration and HVAC work at the A Plant remain and may take a few more months. Haller also explained the rationale for consolidating previously approved planning and design loans into a single WPCLF package for A and B plant work; the design package will cover three discrete smaller projects (renovation of a primary settling tank, two pumps at the B Plant inflow station, and an electrical panel for the solids-handling building). "This is to bundle two loans that have already been approved individually," Haller said, noting the paperwork also accounts for planning funds already spent.
On fleet needs, Haller said the assistant superintendent of maintenance currently drives a 2014 Ford Focus and that the proposed purchase would provide a more suitable vehicle; the city plans to dispose of the retired vehicle through GovDeals. The committee voted 3–0 to recommend the vehicle purchase under Ordinance 26-45.
There was also a brief procedural clarification about Lytle Road: Council had passed Resolution 26-30 authorizing an application to the Cleveland Water Department for funding to replace the Lytle Road water line, and staff confirmed the application submitted was for a grant rather than a loan; the committee voted to rename the agenda item to "Lytle Road Grant Update."
All four ordinance recommendations passed the committee by unanimous votes (Yeas: Coleman, Wos, Petrusky; Nays: 0). The measures will next be considered by full City Council.
