Finance Committee - 3/6/2019 Page 9
Amy Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
Yes and that is why we turn those, coming up you will see a small replacement contract. And then we do find
that there are certain pipes, certain material, concrete in particular can deteriorate to a point where you can’t
line it and then we have to replace it. We are trying to do with this lining contractor as well you may see there
are some places where they may be sections say in a 150 foot reach, we are repairing a certain 10 foot or
maybe 5 to 8 foot section of a pipe so we can line the rest of it, that is still less expensive than replacing the
whole segment of pipe.
Mayor Donchess
Anyone else?
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: 2019 Sewer Replacement Construction
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND, CONTINGENT UPON BOARD
OF ALDERMEN APPROVAL, AWARD THE CONTRACT TON. GRANESE & SONS, INC., IN THE AMOUNT
OF $1,001,888. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 169, WASTEWATER; BOND FUNDS
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Discussion? Now these are sewer replacements, this is a sewer replacement contract so based on what Ms.
Gill told us, of course, it is sewer that is too deteriorated to line.
Amy Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
Correct. And as the Mayor discussed about the cost comparison, you can see in this item, we are only doing
about 1,300 linear feet of sewer to replace. It is also very deep pipe in the downtown area that also adds to the
cost. As compared to the lining contract, which is just under $3 million dollars but we are doing 4.2 miles of
rehabilitation as compared to a million dollars here for 1,300 feet.
Mayor Donchess
So this is costing about $4 million dollars a mile approximately where the lining is costing more like half a
million a mile or $600,000.00 a mile, something like that.
Amy Gill, Senior Staff Engineer
And again with the replacement it is depth of the sewer too that can really increase the cost.
MOTION CARRIED
Mayor Donchess
And now | think that’s it for Ms. Gill and now we are back to Ms. Mandeep Gill | believe for the last item.
