July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
City hall to get new roof (05/02/08)
Portland Board of Works
By By RACHELLE HAUGHN-
Some city officials will have a new roof over their heads.
Members of a local board voted to hire a Fort Wayne company to put a new roof on Portland City Hall.
The Portland Board of Works members awarded a contract to Fort Wayne Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp. to do the work at a cost of $29,600. This is the sole company that submitted a quote.
The roof will have a 15-year warranty and the work is expected to be completed by the end of May, company official Shawn Collier told board members Bruce Hosier and Bob McCreery on Thursday morning. Bill Gibson, also a member of the board of works, did not attend the meeting.
Collier said that the alley just south of the 321 N. Meridian St. building may be closed for about three days during the roof replacement.
The drive-up payment window for the water department is located along that alley.
Also Thursday, board members tabled making a decision on three quotes for combined sewer overflow meters. Board members wanted to give engineer Gene Amlin, who does work for the city, time to review the quotes.
Bob Brelsford, city wastewater treatment plant superintendent, said Thursday afternoon that he would like to see the city purchase five meters to monitor how much water is flowing through the city's CSOs. A CSO is when storm and sewer water overwhelm the capacity of city sewer lines and the treatment plant and is discharged directly into area rivers, streams and ditches.
The apparent low quote was from ADS Environmental Service, Indianapolis, at $33,990. Other quotes were submitted by Gripp Inc., Westfield, $37,041; and Geotivity, Indianapolis, $79,500.
Brelsford said the meters would be periodically rotated among the city's 17 CSOs. City officials need to know how much water is flowing to make a plan for the future. Indiana Department of Environmental Management officials have ordered all communities to phase out their CSOs. The meters would determine which CSOs have the heaviest water flow and need to be eliminated first, Brelsford said.
In other business, board members approved the relocation of a county-owned storm sewer line located underneath the railroad tracks that cross Wayne Street. This relocation will increase the cost of the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project.
While boring under the railroad tracks to create water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer lines for the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project, workers discovered the county's line. A map showing the location of the line was incorrect.
Brelsford said board members approved a request to move the line a few feet east of its current location, so it will not interfere with the city's new lines. The cost of boring a hole for the line's new location and moving it will be $51,400.
The Indiana Department of Transportation will pay 80 percent of the cost, leaving the city to pay $10,280.
Board members also voted Thursday to purchase a new pump for the wastewater treatment plant.
Brelsford said the current pump, which was installed in 1980, brings water to the plant to be processed. The old pump is worn out and is not working as efficiently as it should, he said.
The pump will be purchased from ITT, Milford, Ohio, at a cost of $32,121. Maddox Industrial, Indianapolis, also was hired to install it at a cost of $26,460.[[In-content Ad]]
Members of a local board voted to hire a Fort Wayne company to put a new roof on Portland City Hall.
The Portland Board of Works members awarded a contract to Fort Wayne Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp. to do the work at a cost of $29,600. This is the sole company that submitted a quote.
The roof will have a 15-year warranty and the work is expected to be completed by the end of May, company official Shawn Collier told board members Bruce Hosier and Bob McCreery on Thursday morning. Bill Gibson, also a member of the board of works, did not attend the meeting.
Collier said that the alley just south of the 321 N. Meridian St. building may be closed for about three days during the roof replacement.
The drive-up payment window for the water department is located along that alley.
Also Thursday, board members tabled making a decision on three quotes for combined sewer overflow meters. Board members wanted to give engineer Gene Amlin, who does work for the city, time to review the quotes.
Bob Brelsford, city wastewater treatment plant superintendent, said Thursday afternoon that he would like to see the city purchase five meters to monitor how much water is flowing through the city's CSOs. A CSO is when storm and sewer water overwhelm the capacity of city sewer lines and the treatment plant and is discharged directly into area rivers, streams and ditches.
The apparent low quote was from ADS Environmental Service, Indianapolis, at $33,990. Other quotes were submitted by Gripp Inc., Westfield, $37,041; and Geotivity, Indianapolis, $79,500.
Brelsford said the meters would be periodically rotated among the city's 17 CSOs. City officials need to know how much water is flowing to make a plan for the future. Indiana Department of Environmental Management officials have ordered all communities to phase out their CSOs. The meters would determine which CSOs have the heaviest water flow and need to be eliminated first, Brelsford said.
In other business, board members approved the relocation of a county-owned storm sewer line located underneath the railroad tracks that cross Wayne Street. This relocation will increase the cost of the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project.
While boring under the railroad tracks to create water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer lines for the Boundary Pike/Wayne Street project, workers discovered the county's line. A map showing the location of the line was incorrect.
Brelsford said board members approved a request to move the line a few feet east of its current location, so it will not interfere with the city's new lines. The cost of boring a hole for the line's new location and moving it will be $51,400.
The Indiana Department of Transportation will pay 80 percent of the cost, leaving the city to pay $10,280.
Board members also voted Thursday to purchase a new pump for the wastewater treatment plant.
Brelsford said the current pump, which was installed in 1980, brings water to the plant to be processed. The old pump is worn out and is not working as efficiently as it should, he said.
The pump will be purchased from ITT, Milford, Ohio, at a cost of $32,121. Maddox Industrial, Indianapolis, also was hired to install it at a cost of $26,460.[[In-content Ad]]
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