The Utilities Committee met 06/24/2025. Most of the meeting was taken up with an update on the Northland-Bellaire Flood Study, but they did have a couple action items as well. One was a request to award the 2025 sanitary and storm sewer cleaning and televising contract, and the other was a request to approve a contract amendment pertaining to the wastewater treatment plant solids dewatering equipment upgrades project which actually reduced the overall cost by $5,461. Both items were approved unanimously with minimal discussion.
I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download:
UNIT F-25 SANITARY AND STORM SEWER CLEANING AND TELEVISING CONTRACT – This was a routine item. The city cleans and televises a certain number of sanitary sewers and storm sewers every year. This year, the lowest bid came from Green Bay Pipe and TV, LLC in the amount of $307,500. The committee did not have any questions or comments and voted unanimously to recommend the item be approved.
CONTRACT AMENDMENT #2 FOR PHASE 1 SOLIDS DEWATERING EQUIPMENT UPGRADES FOR A DEDUCT TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,461 DECREASING THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FROM $352,872 TO $347,411 – A company called McMahon is providing engineering services for the Wastewater Treatment Plan’s phase 1 Solids Dewatering Equipment Upgrades Project. The scope of the project changed during the preliminary engineering phase which ended up reducing the overall cost of the engineering services by $5,461.
Alderperson Vered Meltzer (District 2) commented that it was nice to see a contract cost going down and Utilities Director Chris Stempa responded, “Yes, you’re right; you normally don’t see a credit. And I’ll just add that this is why we work with good engineers. They’re not perfect, and when they recognize that there is maybe a slight design change in a large remodel project, they’re crediting the project accordingly. So, I appreciate that.”
The committee voted unanimously to recommend the contract amendment be approved.
View full meeting details and video here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1314145&GUID=825F0F84-67D8-4C8A-BDB1-B4ED97054D10
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