Finance Committee - 3/20/2019 Page 5
Alderman Caron
Ok thank you.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: 2019 Asphalt Testing
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
S.W. COLE ENGINEERING, INC., INTHE AMOUNT OF $48,600. SOURCE OF FUNDING IS
DEPARTMENT 160, ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING; BOND FUNDS
ON THE QUESTION
Chairman O’Brien
Ok if the Alderman can hold on this question, do you want to come forward? Thank you for joining us.
Alderman Laws
| was just curious because we did this last year as well and | understand the necessity of the expense. Did
they catch anyone using a mix that wasn’t appropriate last year?
Stephan Dookran, City Engineer
No actually the testing program is very successful and the idea of it being it comprehensive is to keep
everyone honest. It is difficult to catch anyone; we did have a couple of failures, we do compaction and a
couple other tests did fail. There are provisions in the contract that if you have such a failure you can reduce
the payment and so we are going through that process.
Alderman Laws
Is that the only course of action that we have is to reduce a payment, we can’t make them re-do the road?
Mr. Dookran
Yes so if it gets, so for compaction you are allowed up to 91% compaction; you try to achieve up to 91% - let’s
say if itis 89% you can reduce the payment by a certain sum. If it gets to the point where it is not acceptable
then they will have to repair the street. We haven't gotten to that point.
Alderman Laws
Ok | was just curious, thank you.
MOTION CARRIED
