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Home My WebLink About02/19/1954 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes132 SPECIAL MEETING February 15, 1954 1 A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held at 3:10 P.M. Monday, February 15, 1954, for the purpose of examining and passing upon the Contract Bond of H. W. Hunter, Plymouth, Indiana, principal, and United Pacific Insurance Company, as Surety, in the sum of $109,305.00, bearing date of February 15,1954, and issued by 'I, Dudley C. Griffith of Indianapolis, Indiana, as resident licensed agent the United Pacifid Insurance Company. Board member I. A. Hurwich was absent. {' The Board, finding this performance bond to be satisfactory, authorized the Clerk to release to Mr. Hunter, certified check in the amount of $5750.00, submitted with his bid for the construction of three lift stations and the completion of two lift stations, as provided for under Contract No. 7 of the sewage disposal plant project. There being no other .business to come before the Board at this time, the Board thereupon adjourned, the time being 3:30 P.M. 1 l �I ii jl I� Attest u ! ' Clerk '' • i SPECIAL MEETING February 19, 1954 11 , A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was held at 2:30 P-M., in the office! j of the Board for the purpose of determining the Board's choice of the various items of equipment to be used in the Sewage Disposal Plant. All members were present. �? Considerable discussion was first given to certain funds available for transfer to, the General Fund, and the setting up of the General Improvement Fund to which it will then be possible to transfer this money. These funds consist of93,394.92, distribution • from Off -Set Certificates Account of the Barrett Law Improvement Funds and 31,806.40, j distribution Re -investing Investments of the Barrett Law Improvement Funds. i The Board then proceeded selection of equipment, as follows: ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURER INSTALLED PRICE 111 0-lB & Sluice Gates, Floor Stands o-1D(a) and Operating Units Rodney Hunt Machine Co. $44,34o•00 {� Selected on basis of lowest bid. 0-1D(b) Floor Stands & Operating Units Payne Dean & Company $24,660.0o O-1D(c) &O-1D(�d) Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. { i' 0-2 Grit Collectors Chain Belt Co. $28,153.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. I 0-3 Sewage Screens - Drum Type Chicago Pump Co. $33,086.00 i Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-4 Sewage Screen - Bar Screen Type Chain Belt Company $4,015.00 Selected on basis of lowest bid. . 0-5 Pre -Aeration & Primary Tank Collectors Chain Belt Company $109,61o.00 Selected on basis of lowest bid. { o-6 Air Diffusion Equipment Chicago Pump Co. $196,240.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. i 0-7 Final Tank Collectors Chain Belt Company $58,035.00 !) Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-8 Blowers, Engine Drives and , • Accessories ,:Worthington $224,070.00 0 • L� • C • ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURER 0-9 Raw Sewage Pumps, Engine ::Wort1�. ng T=n Drives and Accessories INSTALLED PRIG[E We have carefully analyzed yearly fuel consumptions and electrical energy costs for the different types of engines offered. Our cal- culations indicate that an average annual saving of approximately 03500.00 and $750.00 will be effected by selecting engines as pro- posed by Worthington over those proposed by Fairbanks -Morse and Cooper -Bessemer, respectively. These figures are savings to the City over and above the average annual cost for principal and interest requirements of the added initial construction cost. The Board considered additional data presented by the Fairbanks -Morse Company on Items No. 0-8 and 0-9. Provided a belt drive gas compressor were substituted for the electric motor drive originally offered by the manufacturer, C. T. & A. reported that extra annual fuel cost would be reduced from $5, 182.00 to $4o65.00. This reduction would not be sufficient to make the Fairbanks -Morse bid lower on the evaluated basis. Also, claimed was a maintenance differential in favor of Fairbanks -Morse engines. The engineers declined to evaluate this item because of many conflicting claims. The Board then decided it would not be possible to consider the maintenance item as guarantees are not feasible and were not called for in bid proposals. In deciding upon selection of Worthing- ton engines, the decision was provisional upon written guarantees from the Contractor and Manufacturer that fuel consumptions as stated in data file( i with the Owner prior to the bid opening would be met. Failure of the engines on test to meet such guarantees would result in deductions from the contract price equal to fifteen times the calculated added annual fuel cost involved based on continuous.operation of one blower engine and one pump engine at the duty point of the driven equipment as stated in the Equipment Specifications in the Contract. Fuel costs to be com- puted at 10.5 cents per gallon for Diesel oil and 60 cents per lobo cubic feet of 1000 BTU gas. 0-10A & 0-10B Air Compressors Worthington $2,700.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. 0_10C & 0-10D Gas Compressors Worthington $15,450.00 i Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. 0-11 Air Filters American Air Filter $18,780.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. I 0-12 Chlorination Equipment (Sub - Item a - Air Master Type) Wallace & Tiernan $15,300.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. II 0-13A Cranes & Hoists Manning, Maxwell i Selected on basis of being lowest & Moore $4,185.00 and best bid. 0-14 Digester Covers Pacific Flush Tank Co. $186,680.00 aj Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-15 Gas Storage Spheres Chicago Bridge & Iron $66,o6o.00 Selected as being the lowest and best bid, based on an evaluation given by our engineers, as follows; i We are of the opinion that spheres of either manufacturer are satisfactory, except that possibly there will be somewhat lower maintenance with those as manufactured by Chicago Bridge & Iron due to the types of supporting members. 0-16A & 0-16B Sludge Heaters (Preheater Type) Pacific Flush Tank Co. $18,700.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. o-16c & o-16D Sludge Heaters Pacific Flush Tank Co. $18,56o.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-17 Meters & Metering Equipment 'i Builders -Providence $63,000.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. O-18A Raw Sludge Pumps Chicago Pump Co. $7,460.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-18B Digested Sludge Pumps Chicago Pump Co. $7,980.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. i P_ 134 ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION MANUFACTURER INSTALLED11 PRI E 0-18C Sludge Circulation Pumps American Well Works $5,020.00 j Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. 0-18-D Return Activated Sludge Pumps American Well Works $15,720.00 i Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-18E Waste Activated Sludge Pumps Chicago Pump Company $ 1,930.00 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-18F Sludge Pre -Heater Circulation Pump Chicago Pump Company 31830.00 H Seeected inasmuch ss this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-18G Nitrified Sludge Pumps American Well Works 6,760.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. 0-18N Effluent Pumps p Pump Chicago g p Company p y $ 3,160.00 ;1 Selected inasmuch as this was the only bid on this particular equipment. 0-20 Laboratory Furniture The Board deferred making a choice of laboratory furniture pending further investigation of the equipment offered. !' 0-21 Laboratory Equipment & Supplies Sargent 214ll-00 j Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. j 0-23 Crawler Tractor Oliver $ 6,100.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best bid. i P-20 Electrical Panels General Electric Co. $34,400.00 Selected on the basis of being the lowest and best 'bid. !i There being no other business for consideration of the Board, the meeting adjourned at 3:15 P.M. 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