Board of Public Works

City of Anderson Minutes of the Regular Meeting: March 24, 2015 Board of Public Works PRESENT: Pete Heuer, Chariman Ken de la Bastide Roger Clark, Member Ashley Hopper Charlie Jones, Member Jason Fenwick Lynda O’Neill, Recording Secretary Greg Winkler Joe Stolle Nara Manor Michael Farmer Mike Frischkorn Jeremy Van Erman APPROVAL OF MINUTES Meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. Member Clark made a motion to approve the minutes as presented and was second by Member Jones. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS WATER POLLUTION CONTROL A motion was made to amend agenda from “Request to establish bid date” to “Request to accept bids” for hypochlorite and sodium bisulfite. The motion was made by Member Jones and second by Member Clark. Motion carried. OPEN BIDS FOR SODIUM BISFULFITE Two bids were submitted for Sodium Bisulfite. PVS Chemical Solutions bid $1.36 a gallon or $61,000 for 45,000 gallons. Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. bid $1.315 per gallon for a total of $59,175.00 for 45,000 gallons. Member Jones made a motion to accept the bids and forward to Water Pollution Control for review. Member Clark second. Motion carried. OPEN BIDS FOR SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE Brenntag Mid-South, INC. was the only vendor to submit a bid for Sodium Hypochlorite. The bid was $72,000 for 90,000 gallons. Member Jones made a motion to accept the bid and submit to Water Pollution Control for review and recommendation, second by Member Clark. Motion carried. MAINTENANCE A motion was made to renew the professional services agreement between the City of Anderson and Gregory Casto. This Consultant agreement is for technical assistance. The City will pay the Consultant $24.30 per hour to be paid on the last Wednesday of each month, and the Consultant shall work no more than 30 hours per week. The Consultant agrees to pay all of his own expenses and no expenses will be incurred by the City. This agreement takes effect upon the signature of both parties and is effective for twelve (12) months. The motion to accept this agreement was made by Member Clark and second by Member Jones. Motion carried. ENGINEERING A request was made for approval of a Joint Resolution number 6-15 between the City of Anderson and the Madison County Drainage Board giving the City of Anderson control over a section of the Amos F. Hoppes Regulated Legal Drain from Scatterfield South to the Megnaquench Pond. Member Clark made a motion to accept this resolution, and was second by Member Jones. Motion carried. A motion was made to accept an amendment to a joint resolution MADISON COUNTY DRAINAGE BOARD 2015-R-01 and the Board of Public Works 6-15, correcting the language from City of Anderson Board of Public Works to Board of Public Works. Motion was made by Member Jones and second by Member Clark. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT A motion was made to take off the table the transfer of property from Community Development to Anderson Community Development Corporation. Motion was made by Member Clark and second by Member Jones. Motion carried Community Development is requesting approval of Resolution 7-15 to transfer 1509 Fulton Street to the Anderson Community Development Corporation for use in the Blight Elimination Program. The property is to be demolished and held by the corporation for approved end use. Member Clark made a motion to accept the resolution and second by Member Jones. Motion carried. CLAIMS With no further business coming before the Board it was unanimously passed to pay the claims in the amount of $10,997,144.07. Member Jones made the motion to pay the bills and Member Clark seconds. Motion passed unanimously. ADJOURNMENT With no further business the meeting was adjourned at 3:21 pm. _________________________________ ____________________________________ Peter N. Heuer, Chairman Lynda O’Neill, Recording Secretary Board of Public Works Board of Public Works