5456 - 80 Contract for disposing of sludge from WWTP

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PJ~SOLUTION NO.: 5456 BY: Salmon, Wendling, Brown, Chinnock, 0~aham, McBride AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Director of Public Works to enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement according to law, for accepting and disposing of liquid sludge from the City of Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Plant by tank truck hauling for a period of one ~ two. or three years. WHEREAS, the Federal Environmental Protection Agency license for the City of Lakewood Wastewater Treatment Plant requires the removal of phosphate from the plant effluent to a level of one milligram per liter, and, WHEREAS, the chemical treatment required to ~emove phosphate to the levels required by the license increases the amount oflsludge in the plant, and, WHEP~EAS, the present sludge removal equipment at the plant is not adequate to provide the necessary additional volume oflsludge removal, and, WHEREAS, this resolution constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediate preservation of the public health and for the usual daily operation of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 'LAREWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Director of Public Works be and he is hereby authorized to enter into a contract for accepting and disposing of liquid sludge from the City of Lakewood Wastewater Treatment ~lant by tank truck hauling for a period of on~ two or three years with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement according to law. Section 2. That this resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preambl~ 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. ent Clerk /~ayor