Finance Committee - 05/19/2021 Page 24
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else? Madam Clerk could you please call the roll?
A viva voce roll call was taken which resulted as follows:
Yea: Alderman Klee, Alderwoman Lu, Alderman Harriott-Gathright,
Alderwoman Kelly, Alderman Laws, Alderman O’Brien, Mayor Donchess 7
Nay: 0
MOTION CARRIED
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Air Quality and Landfill Gas Testing in the amount of $69,300 funded from accounts 53107 Architect &
Engineering Services
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND APPROVE A
THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR AIR QUALITY AND LANDIFLL GAS SAMPLING AND ANAYLSIS
SERVICES AT SHADY LANE LANDFILL AND NEW SEARLES SCHOOL FOR THE SOLID WASTE
DEPARTMENT WITH TRC OF MANCHESTER, NH, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $69,300.
FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH: DEPARTMENT: 168 SOLID WASTE; FUND: SOLID WASTE; ACCOUNT
CLASSIFICATION: 53 PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Mr. LaFleur?
Mr. LaFleur
Thank you. This is air quality monitoring over at the New Searles School and the Shady Lane Landfill. The
State actually requires us to do this so it is a permit driven request that we have the school sampled. It is done
three times a year through the schools, there’s air canisters inside and they do all the monitoring for us
throughout the year.
Mayor Donchess
Alderwoman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Thank you. | don’t know if you can actually answer this Mr. LaFleur, but when | look at the three bids they go
from the $69,300.00 to $105,655.68. That seems like an extreme bounce from one to the other. Is there a
reason for something like that or one charges more?
Mr. LaFleur
One actually charges more and the other one has been doing it, this company here has been doing it for a lot
of years. They know exactly what is entailed into it. So we actually questioned them to make sure that their
bid was proper and they feel confident in the bid that they gave out. And it is on par from the years before.
