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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2012.02.01 - 19109n 1,NCE C,OMMITTEE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #12010 February 1, 2012 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, TOM MIDDLETON, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: FACILITIES MANAGEMENT/FACILITIES PLANNING & ENGINEERING — AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR 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; 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 and safety upgrades to meet current safety regulations; and WHEREAS repairs to the foundation were performed in FY2011; and WHEREAS in the summer of 2011, the project was bid twice, both times resulting in a single bid well in excess of the project budget (above $600,000; project budget was $350,000); and WHEREAS on 09/22/11 the BOC approved MR 11209 authorizing restoration of the structural foundation with an appropriation of $60,000 from the Capital Improvement Program/Building Fund (#40100) and authorizing rebidding of the tank superstructure restoration for a third time; and WHEREAS this bid solicitation resulted in five bids, the improved bid response attributable to the attraction of bidders by a more proactive search and providing a longer lead time to perform the work, which includes superstructure painting, the addition of two County logos, and replacement of safety components; and WHEREAS V & T Painting, LLC, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, was the lowest responsible bidder in the amount of $235,800; and WHEREAS temporary antennae relocations, tree trimming, and a contingency will be required for an additional $71,160, bringing the total funds required to $306,960; and WHEREAS there are some monies remaining from the $60,000 appropriated by MR 11209 that can be applied towards the $306,960 and thus the additional funding requested is $280,000 (making the total Water Tower Restoration Project appropriation $340,000); and WHEREAS the additional funding for the Water Tower Restoration Project in the amount of $280,000 is available for transfer from the FY 2012 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 additional funding for Water Tower Restoration Project in the amount of $280,000 to bring the total project appropriation to $340,000. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the transfer of additional funding in the amount of $280,000 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 ($280,000) Project Work Order Fund #40400 1040101-148020-695500-40100Transfer In $280,000 $ -0- Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Greimel absent. Resolution #12010 February 1, 2012 Moved by Taub supported by Covey the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted). AYES: Dwyer, Gershenson, Gingell, Gosselin, Greimel, Hatchett, Hoffman, Jackson, Long, Matis, McGillivray, Middleton, Nash, Nuccio, Potts, Quarles, Runestad, Scott, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Zack, Bosnic, Covey, Crawford. (25) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying report being accepted). I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION 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 February 1, 2012, 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 1 st day of February, 2012. 094, Bill Bullard Jr., Oakland County