Finance Committee - 9/5/2018 Page 21
Alderman O’Brien
Yes | just want to comment to the representative party, as you remember what happens up in the State House
most certainly affects us here in the City. And the issues with the pension system to which you can do the
blood money of standing out there for long periods of time doing that type of Police work but no compensation
into the pension system. So therefore they choose not to do it. And this is one of the knee jerk reactions to
decisions that were made in Concord, my personal opinion.
Alderman Klee
And | completely understand those.
Alderman Harriot-Gathright
The streets that you are reclaiming, would that happen to be Main Street? No?
Ms. Gill
Main Street kept getting attention on a regular interval whereas these streets which we are reclaiming they
have not been paved in 15 years or 20 years.
Alderman Harriott-Gathright
Ok so they are the ones that are on the list currently?
Ms. Gill
Yes.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for Design/Build Award — Fuel Island Upgrade (Value: $259,488)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
ENVIROTRAC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $259,488. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE
IN DEPARTMENT 161, STREETS; GENERAL OPERATING AND ESCROW FUNDS
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
You have met before | think but Jon Ibarra the Superintendent of Streets who is here to fill us in regarding this
and a couple of the subsequent items. So what’s the deal with this? | know but I’m asking you.
Jonathan Ibarra, Superintendent of Streets
We went out to bid to replace our ailing infrastructure over there, that is our hub for fueling the entire division of
Public Works, as well as Fire, PD, AMR ambulance, School Department. The State has some vehicles that
come in there. But anyway, the infrastructure below grade is deteriorated, it is old, it is failing. They need to
replace the fuel supply lines, the pans that are below the pumps, the pans by the tanks and the pumps
themselves, the dispensers.
If you were to look at the surface, all you would see is just the failing concrete around the island. We did
secure the funding through Capital Improvements and last season in anticipation of this we escrowed
