Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on December 11, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on December 12, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to Enter into an Emergency Contractual Agreement with PCI Industries, Inc. for Sanitary and Stormwater Sewer Repairs - (stormwater sewers at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets, requiring urgent repair. The total cost of the emergency sewer repairs, $36,880.81, will be funded through the DEC Water Quality Improvement Program Grant under budget lines H8120.203 C937 and H8140.203 C938); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
ENTER INTO AN EMERGENCY CONTRACTUAL
AGREEMENT WITH PCI INDUSTRIES, INC. FOR
SANITARY AND STORMWATER SEWER REPAIRS
Whereas, by letter dated December 2, 2024, the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Works has requested legislation authorizing the Mayor to enter into an emergency contractual agreement with PCI Industries, Inc. to perform necessary excavation, removal, and replacement of sewer piping, backfilling, and road restoration at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon has identified an immediate and significant health hazard resulting from the failure of sections of sanitary and stormwater sewers at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets, requiring urgent repair; and
Whereas, the City’s Procurement Policy Section 6(B) permits emergency purchases to address occurrences that pose an immediate threat to public health, safety, welfare, or property, or that threaten to curtail or terminate essential services; and
Whereas, PCI Industries, Inc. was contracted to perform emergency excavation, removal, and replacement of failed sewer piping, backfilling, and road restoration in response to this critical situation; and
Whereas, the total cost of the emergency repairs is $36,880.81, and funding for this work is available through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Water Quality Improvement Program $10,000,000 Grant under budget lines H8120.203 C937 and H8140.203 C938; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved That
The City of Mount Vernon, in City Council convened, does hereby ordain and enact:
Section 1. Authorization to Enter into Emergency Agreement. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into an emergency contractual agreement with PCI Industries, Inc. to perform necessary excavation, removal, and replacement of sewer piping, backfilling, and road restoration at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
Section 2. Emergency Exception to Procurement Policy. According to Section 6(B) of the City’s Procurement Policy, the City Council acknowledges and approves the classification of this work as an emergency purchase due to the immediate threat to public health, safety, and welfare posed by the failed sewer system.
Section 3. Funding and Payment. The total cost of the emergency sewer repairs, $36,880.81, will be funded through the DEC Water Quality Improvement Program Grant under budget lines H8120.203 C937 and H8140.203 C938.
Section 4. Implementation and Oversight. The Department of Public Works shall oversee the execution of the agreement and ensure the timely completion of the sewer rehabilitation work to address the identified health hazard.
Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Board of Estimate & Contract.