July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.

Sewer work bids opened (11/4/04)

Board of works tables action

By By Rachelle [email protected]

Portland Board of Works members opened bids this morning for engineering services for a new gravity sewer.

Consulting engineer Gene Amlin of Muncie told the board the 4,700-foot, 21-inch sewer would run south down Park Street between Votaw and Water streets, then east down an alley, between Middle and Pleasant streets.

Amlin said the new sewer is needed to help the city build toward the future. Also, it will take some of the load off the north lift station, which is located on Industrial Park Drive, east of where the Super Wal-Mart is expected to be built.

At times, the lift station is so full it overflows when it rains, and wastewater runs into a ditch, said Amlin.

Wastewater treatment plant superintendent Bob Brelsford said the new sewer would allow the sewage that goes to the north lift station from the Gerber lift station, located near the corner of Votaw and Park streets, to now just go to the Gerber station, then down Park Street. Currently, the north lift is doing more work than it can handle, said Brelsford.

Engineering services bids were opened today from Jones and Henry Environmental Engineering of Fort Wayne, GAI Consultants of Fort Wayne, TRIAD Associates of Indianapolis and MD Weesler and Associates of Indianapolis.

For the design work, bidding, construction and residential project representative work, the following companies submitted bids: Jones and Henry, $48,000 plus $600 a day for the project representative; GAI, $72,300; TRIAD, $77,000; and MD Weesler, $103,000.

The board voted to let Brelsford and Amlin review the bids, then make a recommendation to the board. The board of works will meet again on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 10 a.m. to hear their recommendations.

Also today, the board approved a request to upgrade the SCADA computer system at the wastewater treatment plant.

Brelsford said the system needs to be upgraded because it would record daily flows at the plant.

Currently, many plant employees have to work overtime to record the flows. Brelsford said in the long run, the software would save the plant money because it would eliminate the need for employees to work overtime.

The upgrading software will be purchased from Precision Controls of Indianapolis for $6,675.[[In-content Ad]]
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