Finance Committee — 08/18/2021 Page 3
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
You've heard the motion. Now Mr. Hudson could you please summarize the need for the change order in the
context of discussion that if you have information regarding wen the project began and when | may end.
Could you please give us that as well?
Daniel Hudson, City Engineer
Mr. Mayor Ill do my best. Unfortunately Superintendent Boucher could not be here tonight. He’s on a vacation
so I'm doing my best to fill in here for him. This energy recovery project just as a little background it’s a project
to take digester gas and run it through a turbine which generates power. So where in the past at the plant they
would simply flair off the excessive gas created by the waste process. This will actually utilize that gas to
generate energy and help offset some of the energy costs thatthe city has to run this plant. This plant
obviously had lots of pumps and things that uses a lot of energy.
Speaking to Mrs. Ortolano’ s question, | don’t have a specific contract startdate. I'm aware that this project
was bid out in August of 2018 or so and | believe started in 2019. It's been a long project to be coming to
fruition. We're close but we’re not there quite yet and we don't have a specific end date. We had to senda
meter back for calibration so we’re waiting for that to come back. Then the system is running on digester gas
and we’re permitted for that but is a setup to blend natural gas in cases where digested gas doesn't have
sufficient BT Us to run it just on that. There’s still a little bit of fine tuning | guess | would characterize it as to
complete this. | expect that will be done this fall. Again, | don’t have a specific end date.
This change order is to address delays in the project that occurred. A few things were encountered where one
of the generators is going to go. There was some conduits under the floor. There’s a little bit of delay there
while they created a plan to address that. Relocated some facilities. There was also a delay in determining
how to hang some pipes in the building. There was a system that had to be developed for that because the
plant system wouldn’t work. Those are some major items and the rest is miscellaneous costs to complete the
remaining work and change order items which we negotiated and mutually agreed with Methuen Construction
on. It’s been along time coming. The good news is that this change order will get us across the finish line but
it has taken a long time to come to fruition as noted. It's a very complex project that you can imagine —
complex system, complex construction, complex permitting. That's what | had to share with you. I'd be happy
to try to address any questions.
Mayor Donchess
Question or comments from committee members?
MOTION CARRIED
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Personal Protective Clothing & Equipment in the amount not to exceed $29,800.40 funded from
accounts 61110 Protective Clothing
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND APPROVE THE
PROCUREMENT OF FOURTEEN (14) SETS OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) FROM
BERGERON CLOTHING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,800.40. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH
DEPARTMENT 152 FIRE RESCUE; FUND: 61110 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
ON THE QUESTION
