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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Stantec Consulting Michigan, Inc. ($200,000.00) for Engineering Support Services
Memorandum
This memorandum and resolution requests approval of Amendment No. 1 to the professional services agreement for engineering support services with Stantec. Council approved a professional services agreement for $250,000.00 with Stantec in October 2009 as part of Resolution No. R-09-421.
The City is seeking to extend the professional services agreement with Stantec to provide additional engineering support service needs over the next two fiscal years. Stantec is currently supporting Public Services on numerous projects, including Structural Repairs at Barton Dam, Structural Repairs and Painting of Clarifiers at the Water Treatment Plant, and a Pedestrian Bridge Replacement. The services rendered to date on these projects have been very good.
The initial professional services agreement with Stantec was established to address a partial reduction in engineering staff at the Water Treatment Plant as well as to accommodate an aggressive capital improvement plan that included several projects funded by the Drinking Water Revolving Fund and the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. Many of the projects initiated under these programs have not been completed. As such, the need for engineering support remains.
It is therefore, recommended that City Council approve Amendment No. 1 to the professional services agreement with Stantec for $200,000.00, to provide Engineering Support Services to the Public Services Area for FY12 and FY13.
Stantec received Human Rights approval on January 20, 2011, and complies with the Living Wage Ordinance.
These engineering services are to be funded from the approved FY12 and FY13 Water Supply System Fund, Sewage Disposal System Fund, Stormwater System Fund, the Park Maintenance & Capital Improvements Millage Parks, General Fund (Hydro), and Solid Waste F...
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