REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
JULY 5, 2018
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held on Wednesday, July 5, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Aldermanic
Chamber.
Mayor Jim Donchess, Chairman, presided.
Members of the Committee present: Alderman Michael B. O’Brien, Vice Chair
Alderwoman-at-Large Shoshanna Kelly
Alderman-at-Large Brandon Michael Laws
Alderman June M. Caron
Alderman Linda Harriott-Gathright
Members not in Attendance: Alderman Patricia Klee
Also in Attendance: Alderman Ken Gidge
Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
David G. Fredette, Treasurer/Tax Collector
Steve Dookran, City Engineer
David Boucher, Superintendent of Waste Water
Jeffrey LaFleur, Superintendent of Solid Waste
Jonathan Barra, Superintendent of Streets
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: 2018 Sewer Replacement — Harvard St (Value: $692,905)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
NORTHEAST EARTH MECHANICS IN THE AMOUNT OF $692,905. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN
DEPARTMENT 169, WASTEWATER
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
We have Mr. Dookran here who is the City Engineer to answer any questions and give us a brief overview, it is
a $692,000 item, so maybe give us a brief overview on the project.
Steve Dookran, City Engineer
I'll give you, Mr. Mayor, one minute, Steve Dookran, City Engineer, this is another one of those projects where
we have to replace very old sewers in the inner city dating back as early 1900, it is unreinforced concrete. We
are lucky it has lasted that long. Just to let you know, we had put out a bigger project earlier in the year and
the bid came in, the single bid, was way too high and we couldn't afford to award it.
So what we decided to do was break up the projects into little bits and this is the second one of those little bits,
even though it is a $600,000. project. It is on Harvard Street and it is about 830 feet of pipe that we have to
replace, including all the structures, the catch basins, the manholes, those are old and deteriorated as well.
That is what this project is about.
