Finance Committee - 11/04/2020 Page 9
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: | CSO Flow Monitoring Services Funded from Budget Account 53107 Architect & Engineering Services
valued at $158,400
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND APPROVE
AMENDMENT 3 IN THE AMOUN TOF $158,400 TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS WITH
FLOW ASSESSMENT OF AUBURN, NH, FOR THE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW MONITORING
PROGRAM. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH DEPARTMENT 169 WASTEWATER; FUND: WASTEWATER;
ACCOUNT CLASSIFICATION: 53 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Mr. Boucher?
Mr. Boucher
David Boucher, Wastewater Superintendent. Yeah this company has been monitoring our combined sewer
overflows. They have flow meters at eight different locations throughout the City to monitor what the combined
sewer overflow is because if the sewer pipe gets overwhelmed during a heavy rain storm, there happens to be
a section of the City where there are catch basins tied into the sewer, if it does get overwhelmed by heavy rain,
there is a relief into the river. So by permit, we have to monitor all these sites, we have to report them monthly;
we do report them on our web site when they occur.
So this company has been doing this service for us for a couple of years. We had another company in | think
2015 to 18, didn’t work out so well. We utilized this company before 2015 as well. We are happy with their
services. Typically we have been renewing it every year. We are getting a discount if we take on a three year
contract with them. It’s beneficial to us; they are very responsive when there’s a piece of equipment failure,
their reports come back well. They are easy to interpret and we can utilize the data to submit to regulatory
agencies. So we'd like to continue their service for a three year span which saves us almost $10,000.00 if we
do three years versus annual.
Mayor Donchess
Any discussion? (There was none.)
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman O’Brien, Mayor Donchess 5
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
| have a question.
Mayor Donchess
Yeah go ahead.
