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RESOLUTION 85- 161
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE
PURCHASES NOT REQUIRING BIDDING
OF SLUDGE THICKENING EQUIPMENT FOR
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT #2
WHEREAS, in the spring of 1985, odor problems developed in the storage
basins at the City's Resource Recovery Farm; and
WHEREAS, Wastewater Utility staff and Black & Veatch Engineers have
evaluated options for handling sludge in a manner that will allow for
proper storage and disposal of sludge while avoiding the odor problems that
have occurred; and
WHEREAS, the most effective option recommended to reduce odors is that
of providing for the thickening of additional sludge for anaerobic
digestion; and
WHEREAS, this anaerobic digestion process will require the purchase
and installation of additional equipment at Wastewater Treatment Plant #2,
which acquisition and installation will cost approximately Three Hundred
Four Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($304,400. ) ; and
WHEREAS, a purchase not requiring bidding is necessary with Clemco of
Denver for the purchase of an Arus-Andritz rotary screen thickener for
approximately Fifty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($58,500. ) and with
Falcon Pump and Supply Company of Denver for the purchase of a
Robbins/Myers progressive cavity pump for approximately Thirty-Four
Thousand Dollars ($34,000.) ; and
WHEREAS, these purchases not requiring bidding are necessary because
of equipment compatibility and the necessity of having the sludge
thickening capability on line by January 1, 1986, in time to accommodate
winter storage requirements thus avoiding odor problems in the spring; and
WHEREAS, funds for the purchases were approved in the 1985 Wastewater
Capital Improvements Budget and do not require additional appropriation;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-60 of the Code of the City of Fort
Collins, a purchase not requiring bidding with a cost exceeding Twenty
Thousand Dollars ($20,000. ) must be approved by the City Council in an open
Council meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager be, and he hereby is, authorized to approve
the purchases not requiring bidding of an Arus-Andritz rotary screen from
Clemco of Denver for approximately Fifty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($58,500. ) and a Robbins/Myers progressive cavity pump from Falcon
Pump and Supply Company of Denver for approximately Thirty-Four Thousand
Dollars ($34,000. ).
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this
17th day of September, A.D. 1985.
mayor
ATTEST:
,ty lerk