Finance Committee - 10/02/2019 Page 6
ON THE QUESTION
Mr. Kohalmi
So we had a partial sewer pipe collapse back three or four, five months ago, Commercial Street; but under the
old railroad bridge. We went out and inspected the area and there are 3 or 4 structures that need to be
replaced and 3 or 4 pipes that need to be replaced as well. So this is a contract that’s going to take care of
that.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for Energy Recovery Upgrades — Construction Services — Change Order 2 (Value: $21,181)
Department: 169 Wastewater, Fund: Wastewater
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR
ENERGY RECOVER UPGRADES — CHANGE ORDER 2 TO METHUEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN
THE AMOUNT OF $21,181. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 169 WASTEWATER; FUND:
WASTEWATER
ON THE QUESTION
David Boucher, Superintendent of Wastewater
I'll describe a little bit of the project; Dave Boucher Superintendent of Wastewater. The Energy Recovery
Project is the project where we are removing the old generator that burned biogas to produce energy. We are
replacing it with some new generators. Unfortunately in the room that these new generators are going into,
there was a lot of demolition, a lot of pipes taken down and after everything was removed from the building,
there were a lot of holes in the ceilings, they had to remove all the hangers. The walls are in pretty bad shape,
the floor was in bad shape. So this is a change order to have all the holes filled, have everything pressure
washed in this room, have the ceilings, the walls and the floor painted with an industrial paint. It also covers
change in the lighting to the LED lighting.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for Gas Tank Diaphragm Upgrade (Value: $311,507) Department: 169 Wastewater; Fund:
Wastewater
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
METHUEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR GAS TANK DIAPHRAGM UPDATE IN THE AMOUNT OF
$311,507. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS DEPARTMENT 169 WASTEWATER; FUND: WASTEWATER
ON THE QUESTION
Mr. Boucher
This project is for a gas storage tank on site that holds the biogas. It is a large, steel tank with a diaphragm
inside. It helps maintain the pressure throughout the digester complex. The diaphragm that’s inside has
exceeded its useful life and recently it tore. This has to be replaced before the new generators go on line. So
this monies is for the company to come in, remove the old diaphragm put in a new diaphragm and make some
modifications to the diaphragm, how it connects so that in the future it will be easier to replace.
