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iCt 7 Report Number 08-095 <br />11M Agenda Section VI4 <br />MURON Report Date March 19, 2008 <br />the city that works for you Council Meeting Date March 25, 2008 <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />ITEM DESCRIPTION: CONSIDERATION OF PARTIAL PAYMENT 1 FOR PROJECT 08-3, <br />WATER TREATMENT PLANT 5 FILTER REHABILITATION <br />DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: G-wo <br />CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: <br />No comments to supplement this reportcbA Comments attached <br />Recommendation: To approve Partial Payment 1 for Project 08-3, Water Treatment Plant 5 Filter <br />Rehabilitation in the amount of $14,249.05 to EnComm Midwest, Inc. <br />Legislative History: The City Council approved the plans and specifications, and authorized the <br />advertisement for bids for City Project 08-3, Water Treatment Plant 5 Filter Rehabilitation on October 9, <br />2007. Bids were received and opened by staff on January 15, 2008. The City Council awarded a <br />construction contract to EnComm Midwest, Inc. on January 22, 2008, in the amount of $290,034.00. <br />Financial Impact: Please see the attached "Payment Application" for payment details. <br />Explanation: This project involves removal of radium from the City's municipal water supply as <br />stipulated in the "Return to Compliance" agreement with the Minnesota Department of Health. This <br />phase of the agreement for radium removal is being accomplished by installing new finer filter media in <br />the gravity filter at Water Treatment Plant 5 located on Mississippi Street and Silver Lake Road. While <br />the system is offline, the gravity filter will be sandblasted and painted. This project also includes re- <br />roofing the existing building. <br />The provisions of the contract with EnComm Midwest, Inc. stipulate that the City makes a partial <br />payment to the contractor at lease once each month at regular intervals on the basis of the work <br />performed during that preceding month. This partial payment shall not exceed 95 percent of the value of <br />the certified estimate. <br />Costs and Funding: All radium removal related items are paid for by the Army and work not <br />reimbursable from the Army are to be funded from Fund 400 — Water Improvements Fund. <br />Grant M. yffels, P . <br />Director of Public Works <br />Attachments <br />