HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2011.09.22 - 18725MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #11209 September 22, 2011
BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, TOM MIDDLETON, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/FACILITIES PLANNING & ENGINEERING — WATER TOWER
RESTORATION PROJECT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Service Center Water Tower is located on the west side of the Service Center
adjacent to the IT building and was constructed in 1961 to provide water pressure to the Courthouse
Tower building; and
WHEREAS since that time water pressure by the City of Pontiac has improved and the water
tower now serves as a valuable back-up for possible loss of water pressure or pump malfunction; and
WHEREAS the water tower also serves as a structure for several antenna sites utilized by Radio
Communications, the Sheriff's Office, and the Water Resources Commissioner; and
WHEREAS the water tower was inspected in 2005 and the resulting report indicated that
significant maintenance would be needed for it to remain functional and would require repair/repainting of
the steel parts as well as safety upgrades to meet current safety regulations; and
WHEREAS the project was bid twice and each time only one bid response was received, likely
due to the fact that Federal mandates have resulted in significant workloads for most contractors this
year; and
WHEREAS the bids received were higher than the $350,000 estimate that was included in the
Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS re-bidding the tank and superstructure restoration this Fall to vendors (including those
that service clients of our size and complexity to a better degree) with a year's timeframe to schedule the
project will likely increase the number of responses and decrease bid prices; and
WHEREAS having the foundation restored as a maintenance project by an annual contractor will
further reduce total costs and bid prices; and
WHEREAS it was also decided to replace only the interior safety upgrades leaving the exterior
safety equipment, which is grandfathered, in place; and
WHEREAS funding in the amount of $60,000 is available for transfer from the FY 2011 Capital
Improvement Program/Building Fund (#40100) to the Project Work Order Fund (#40400) for the Water
Tower Restoration Project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the Water
Tower Restoration Project in the amount of $60,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the restoration of the
foundation and the re-bidding of the tank and superstructure restoration.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes transfer of funding in
the amount of $60,000 from the Capital Improvement Program/Building Improvement Fund (#40100) to
the Project Work Order Fund (#40400) for the Water Tower Restoration Project (#100000001513) as
detailed below:
Building Improvement Fund #40100
1040101-148020-788001-40400Transfer Out ($60,000)
Project Work Order Fund #40400
1040101-148020-695500-40100Transfer In $60,000
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Long and Crawford absent.
I HEREBY APPROV) THE FOREgING RESMITIC
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Resolution #11209 September 22, 2011
Moved by Nuccio supported by McGillivray the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson,
Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub,
Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey. (25)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the Consent
Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Bill Bullard Jr., Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on
September 22, 2011, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 22 nd day of September, 2011.
Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County