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470.2001 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHANGE ORDER NO. 1 TO CONTRACT FOR LOW LIFT PUMP REPLACEMENTS FOR TOWN WATER DEPARTMENT RESOLUTION NO.: 470, 2001 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 430,2000, the Queensbury Town Board approved the construction of low lift pump replacements at the Town’s Water Treatment Plant, authorized funding for the project and awarded the bid for the general contract to U.W. Marx, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $358,000, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 466,2000, the Town Board: 1.authorized establishment of the Low Lift Pump Replacements Capital Project Fund #124 to establish funding for all expenses associated with the construction of the low lift pump replacements; 2.established initial appropriations for the Capital Project Fund #124 in the amount of $358,000; and 3.amended Resolution No. 430,2000 to award the bid for the General Contract to U.W. Marx, Inc., for the specific contract amount of $324,950; and WHEREAS, the Water Superintendent has advised the Town Board that more work was entailed in the Project than was originally estimated and therefore has recommended that the Town Board approve Change Order #1 in the amount of $30,000 bringing the total contract amount to $354,950, and WHEREAS, O’Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc., the Town’s Engineer on this Project, has advised and recommended approval of the Change Order as presented at this meeting, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves Change Order No.1 as described in the preambles of this Resolution and presented at this meeting in the amount of $30,000, bringing the total contract amount awarded to U.W. Marx, Inc. for the Project to $354,950, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Comptroller’s Office to adjust the Project’s appropriations as necessary, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Water Superintendent to execute Change Order No. 1 and take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 17 day of December, 2001, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner NOES : None ABSENT: None