Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that a resolution adopted by the City Council on February 26, 2025, and signed by the Mayor on February 27, 2025, authorizing the Award of a Contract of the Edison Avenue Pump Station Upgrade Project - General Construction (Contract 12222024) - (awarded to InterContracting for $847,500, eligible for funding through the NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation Grant H8120.203 C958 EQUP and H3990 C958 State Aid Sewer Capital); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE AWARD
OF A CONTRACT FOR THE EDISON AVENUE
PUMP STATION UPGRADE PROJECT -
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION (CONTRACT 12222024)
Whereas, by letter dated February 4, 2025, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Works has requested legislation authorizing the award of Contract 12222024 for the Edison Avenue Pump Station Upgrade Project - General Construction to InterContracting for $847,500; and
Whereas, the Edison Avenue Pump Station collects wastewater from five properties, primarily industrial businesses; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon is required under a Consent Decree with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and the Department of Justice (Case 7:18-cv-05845-CS) to upgrade the pump station to prevent illicit discharges into the Bronx and Hutchinson Rivers; and
Whereas, historic sanitary sewer overflows have discharged into the storm sewer system, ultimately affecting the Hutchinson River, necessitating critical upgrades to the pump station, including the elevation of pump station controls and emergency generators above the 100-year floodplain; and
Whereas, the City publicly advertised a bid for the general construction contract for the Edison Avenue Pump Station Upgrade Project on January 2, 2025; and
Whereas, two bids were received on January 27, 2025, in response to the advertisement, with InterContracti...
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