Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on December 23, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on December 24, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to Enter into a Retroactive Emergency Contractual Agreement with PCI Industries, Inc. for the Removal and Replacement of Sanitary and Stormwater Sewer Sections at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street, and Appropriating Funds from the DEC Water Quality Improvement Program Grant - (cost of emergency repairs is $36,880.81 and is available via DEC Water Quality Improvement Program $10,000,000 Grant (H8120.203 C 937 and H8140.203 C938); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ENTER INTO A RETROACTIVE EMERGENCY
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH PCI INDUSTRIES,
INC. FOR THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF
SANITARY AND STORMWATER SEWER SECTIONS AT
5TH AVENUE BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD STREET, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FROM THE DEC WATER
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT
Whereas, by letter dated December 2, 2024, the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Public Works has requested legislation authorizing the Mayor to retroactively enter into a contractual agreement with PCI Industries, Inc. for the removal, replacement, backfilling, and restoration of sewer sections at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street. The total contract amount shall be $36,880.81; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon's sanitary and stormwater sewer system at 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street has experienced critical failures, resulting in compromised infrastructure and posing a health hazard to the public; and
Whereas, PCI Industries, Inc. was contacted to address the emergency excavation and removal of failed sewer piping sections, as well as backfilling and road restoration, to mitigate the immediate threat to public health and safety; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon's Procurement Policy, Section 6, Items Excepted from these Policies and Procedures by ...
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