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. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2008 - 9 BY: Mayor O'Grady AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING WITH A FORMAL RFP PROCESS AND A UTHORIZING THE MA YOR TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ATS ENGINEERING, INC. TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGNAND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND COLLECTIONS SYSTEM, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, this Council on November 15, 2005, adopted Ordinance No. 2005-167 authorizing the Director of Public Service to request proposals from qualifying consulting engineer firms to conduct a rate and operations study of the North Olmsted Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collections System; and WHEREAS, proposals were thereafter submitted by various consulting engineering firms and, on July 25, 2006, the City's Board of Control awarded a contract to ATS Engineering, Inc., as the firm most qualified to conduct the rate and operations study for the City; and WHEREAS, in the years 2006-2007, ATS Engineering, Inc. comprehensively studied and reviewed the rate structure and operations of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collections System, and, on September 12, 2007, presented to this City Council its formal report which recommended an increase in user charges, plant operational changes, and various improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collections System; and WHEREAS, based on the recommendations of the Administration and ATS Engineering, Inc., this Council, on November 20, 2007, adopted Ordinance No. 2007-123, which provided for an increase in user charges effective January 1, 2008; and WHEREAS, the City now requires additional consulting engineer firm services in order to provide engineering design and other related professional services to the City in connection with the above referenced proposed improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collections System; and WHEREAS, Section 111.08 of the Administrative Code provides that personal services, including professional services, may be obtained by the City without following the formal RFP process established by Section 111.03 et seq. of the Administrative Code, when it is beneficial to do so due to a continuing relationship between the City and a professional services provider; and WHEREAS, it is accordingly the recommendation of the Director of Public Service and the desire of this Council, in light of the continuing professional relationship between the City and ATS Engineering, Inc., to dispense with the RFP process and authorize the Mayor to enter into a contract with ATS Engineering, Inc., for the purpose of providing the engineering design and other related professional services needed for the proposed improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Collections System; , ._ ?..,,