Public Works, Sewer and Water

CITY OF VERONA MINUTES PUBLIC WORKS/SEWER & WATER COMMITTEE MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2013 1. The meeting was called to order by Chairperson William McGilvray at 6:25 p.m. 2. Roll Call: Present: William McGilvray, Luke Diaz, Heather Reekie. Also present: Rocco Ceniti, Bob Gundlach, City Engineer, Mayor Jon Hochkammer. 3. MOVED by McGilvray, seconded by Reekie, to approve the minutes of the September 23, 2013 meeting of the Public Works/Sewer and Water Committee. Motion carried with correction 3-0. 4. Chairman McGilvray gave the floor to Mr. Ceniti for comment. Mr. Ceniti indicated it was very important that the Committee support the Director of Public Works request to add an additional employee to the Public Works staff. Mr. Ceniti also indicated that if all other City departments were granted staff increases and the Public Works Department was not that Public Works would be hard pressed to continue level of service to the City and other City departments. Mr. Ceniti also commented on landscaping of street median and public building areas and indicated that he was not in favor of planting natural landscapes. 5. Discussion and possible action on the Professional Services Agreement for Design Services for North Nine Mound Road/CTH PD Intersection Reconstruction: Mr. Gundlach, on behalf of AECOM, presented the agreement to the Committee. He explained that this agreement was for the design survey and preliminary plans to prepare concepts for the street cross sections and to establish the amount of right of way required for different roadway cross sections. He also indicated that once a preferred cross section and alignment was selected that there would be a contract amendment to prepare the construction documents. MOVED by McGilvray, seconded by Reekie, to recommend acceptance to Common Council. Motion carried 3-0. 6. Discussion and possible action on Change Order #1 to Liberty Business Park: Mr. Gundlach presented the Change Order to the Committee. He explained that the Change Order was for work to modify the sanitary sewer stub in the existing manhole and to move a material stock pile that was in the way of the sanitary sewer construction. Mr. McGilvray questioned the need to move the stock pile. Mr. Gundlach explained that the design of the sanitary sewer was revised from the original plans and unfortunately the stock pile was in the  - 2- way and had to be moved. Ms. Reekie questioned why the Change Order was after the fact. Mr. McGilvray indicated that it was the City Engineer’s responsibility to make sure the Change Order was needed and the quantities and prices were reasonable. Mr. Gundlach also explained that if work was shut down waiting for change order approval from the Committee the contractor would request additional compensation because of delay. MOVED by Reekie, seconded by Diaz, to approve the Change Order. Motion carried 3-0. 7. Discussion and possible action regarding natural landscaping: Mr. Diaz indicated he wanted to talk to the Epic landscape personnel prior to going future. MOVED by Diaz, seconded by Reekie, to defer to a future meeting of the Committee. Motion carried 3-0. 8. Discussion and possible action regarding domestic partnership benefits: MOVED by Diaz, seconded by Reekie, to defer to the December meeting or late date. Motion carried 3-0. 9. Mr. McGilvray indicated that the Finance Committee supported one employee increase for the Public Works Department and no other changes to the budget. No action was taken. 10. MOVED by McGilvray, seconded by Reekie, to adjourn. Motion carried 3-0. Time: 6:52 p.m. William McGilvray Chairperson