Opening of Applications - 2024 Sewer Insurance Lateral Repair Program - Bob Frame

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA SEWER INSURANCE PROGRAM POLICY Pursuant to Ind. Code § 36-9-6-10, as amended from time -to -time, the City of South Bend, Indiana ("City") acting by and through its Board of Public Works ("Board") is empowered to contract for and maintain all public drains or sewers necessary to carry off the drainage of the City. Chapter 7, Article 7 of the South Bend Municipal Code establishes a sewer service fiord ("Sewer Insurance Program") in order to address the repair of failing private sewer connections, and to address administrative and inspection costs associated with the Sewer Insurance Program. The goal of the Sewer Insurance Program is to provide City residents with an affordable insurance program that covers costs to the owners associated with the repair by a private contractor of a lateral sewer comiection to a residence with the City sewer system, subject to a deductible that is the responsibility of the property owner. The Board has determined that it is in the best interests of the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens to establish certain policies and procedures in order to ensure proper repair and operation of the City's sewers. The Board has further determined that it is in the best interests of the City to establish procedures for the operational implementation of the Sewer Insurance Program, as well as for pre -qualifying private contractors to perform repairs eligible for recovery under the Sewer Insurance Program. The operational implementation of the Sewer Insurance Program is based on the process established in Chapter 7, Article 7 of the Municipal Code. The pre - qualification of contractors for the Sewer Insurance Program is based upon contractor experience, financial strength, technical expertise, satisfactory past performance and compliance with law. This Policy delegates certain responsibilities to various decision -makers in order to provide for efficient administration and implementation of the Sewer Insurance Program. This Policy is intended to supplement the ordinances establishing the Sewer Insurance Program as same may be amended from time -to -time. The following definitions shall apply to the Sewer Insurance Program: a. "Cable Machine" shallmean the sewer cleaning technology used to clear out obstructions to a Private Sewer that meets Second Opinion pre -qualification requirements stipulated in the Table on Page 6. b. "Contractor" shall mean only those contractors meeting the Construction Specifications approved by the City's Board of Public Works (the Board) (see Exhibit G for Construction Specifications) and who have been pre -qualified and pre -approved by the City's Board of Public Works in accordance with this Policy to perform repairs eligible for recovery under the Sewer Insurance Program and are identified on a Registry maintained by the City's Sewer Insurance Program Administrator. C. "Private Sewer" shall mean all connections from the Public Sewer to the foundation wall of the structure located on private property, including any lateral sewer lines flowing into the Public Sewer. d. "Public Sewer" shall mean a sewer which is owned and maintained by the City of South Bend for the collection of sanitary sewer effluent. e. "Registry" shall mean a listing of Contractors that have been pre -qualified and pre -approved by the City's Board of Public Works to perform repairs eligible for recovery under the Sewer Insurance Program. The Registry shall consist of three separate pre -qualification categories as follows: i. Second Opinion Contractor: those contractors who are able to evaluate and perform immediate sewer cleaning and repair work to a Private Sewer ii. Excavation Contractor: those contractors who are able to perform repair of a Private Sewer through open cut excavation