52-81 Contract w/ Watermation for Phase 2 wastewater facilities

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ORDINANCE NO. 52-81 BY: Brown, Chinnock, Gatlagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE authorizing the City Engineer to enter into a contract with Watermation, Incorporated for the preparation, submittal, and expediting of a Step Ill Grant Application. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood has contracted with Watermation, Inc. for the preparation of plans and specifications for the final, Phase ~ portion of the upgrading of our wastewater facilities utilizing 75% federal funds re- ceived as an EPA Step II Grant, and WHEREAS, these plans and specifications are n~aring completion and will be ready for submittal to the EPA in Juty 1981, and WHEREAS, the City has been advised by the EPA that funds are avail~;Dle for a 75% Step Ill Grant for construction of these Phase 2 fac'illties, and WHEREAS, a Step Ill Grant Application must be submitted to t~ie EPA in order to receive the aforementioned funds, and WHEREAS, this Ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare and for the further reason that it is in the interest of th~ public service, welfare and safety to proceed with the Step Ill Grant, Phas~ 2 work relating to the up- grading of our wastewater treatment plant and an~i~llary systems at the earliest possible time; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CO~3NCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. ThatQ~ City Engineer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Watermation, Incorporated, St. Paul, Minnesota, to pr~are and submit a Step Ill Grant Application and expedite its review an0 approval by the EPA. Section 2. That the terms of this contract shall be reimbursement of actual costs incurred by Watermation, Inc. in pursuing the work described above with no additional fee, and with a not-to-exceed maximum reimbursement of $7,500.00, which reimbursement shall be charged to the Sewer and Wastewater Treatment Improvement Fund. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements includ- ing Section 12i.22 of the Ohio Revised Code. Section 4. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preambte hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: