CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of JOC Procurement FD-001-CY19.A, HHW Storage Building Improvements, to F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson & Associates, LLC for an amount not to exceed $108,909.65
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DEPARTMENT: Fire Department
SUBMITTED BY: Mark Puknaitis, Chief
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
In 2015, the City moved the household hazardous waste (HHW) facility from Fire Station #4 on Brookdale Road to the Public Works Service Center on Fort Hill Drive. Since then, the building previously used for HHW operations at Fire Station #4 has been vacant but continues to be maintained by the City with utility services and a maintenance schedule.
Rather than demolish the building, the Fire Department has identified ways to use the existing building in conjunction with the training academy that currently operates from Fire Station #4. During the 2019 budget process, the City Council approved CIP project MB215 to update the old HHW building at Fire Station #4 for use with the training academy. The original scope of the approved CIP project was to modify the building to enlarge the existing overhead bay door to provide access for the training engine. The original JOC quote was $44,196.02.
However, Fire Admin staff determined that moving the training engine from the overcrowded Water Service Center (WSC) to the old HHW building would leave the foam trailer without a storage location. The foam trailer is pulled by a vehicle already housed at Fire Station #4 and would not be efficient to house at WSC.
In January 2019, Fire Admin staff began to search for a second funding source to enhance the project to enclose the canopy overhang to house the foam trailer and workshop area. At the Foreign Fire Insurance Board meeting in February 2019, $48,000 was approved to contribute toward the project. The Fire Department collaborated with the Public Works Department to revise the scope of the project and obtain an updated JOC quote. T...
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