Finance Committee - 4/3/2019 Page 3
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Pump Station Upgrades Project - Phase 1 Construction Engineering Services (Value: $409,900)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
WRIGHT PIERCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $409,900. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 169,
WASTEWATER; STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
And this is of course Superintendent Boucher from the treatment plant. Could you describe or explain this and
the next item which work together?
David Boucher, Superintendent of Wastewater
Thank you, good evening. Dave Boucher, Wastewater Superintendent. This is Phase | of a 2-Phase project
for upgrading all the pump stations, the sewer pump stations throughout the City of Nashua and some CSO
facilities which transfers water from low gravity sword to a higher gravity sword so it eventually gets to the
Wastewater Plant. They are all in need of updating; this is for the first 6. The engineering services from Wright
Pierce will oversee the construction phase of the project. | don’t know if you have any questions on that.
Alderman O’Brien
Yes good to see you again coming before this Committee. And | know what has happened in the past with the
sewage treatment. Is it your hope that instead of doing all 6 in one bite that you can get into a deferred
maintenance program or is that part of the deferred maintenance program to get this done? Is this something
from past inattentiveness?
Mr. Boucher
Yes this is suffering from the past. So this will be, you know, once it is done, then it will be part of a
maintenance program to maintain these. When these were originally constructed, they were constructed in the
fashion; you’d build pump stations back then. Everything 20 feet below ground; so a lot of these will be brought
above ground where it is safer for the employees to work on pumps. So everything will be transmitted above-
ground. So it’s not so much, you know, neglect or anything like that, it’s making it safer for our guys. A lot of
these pumped get clogged, there are a lot of rags in the system. So they have got to be constantly be pulled
up. It’s also updating the pumps that can handle the type of materials that come through the line without
having to take them off-line, pull them apart, take the rags out and put them back in. So there will be more
updated pumps in these facilities.
Alderman O’Brien
Excellent, thank you.
Alderwoman Kelly
Thank you, I’m not sure if Mr. Kooken would answer this but | was wondering about the State revolving loan
fund, what that is and any history behind it?
Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
| don’t know.
