175.95
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDS/QUEENSBURY
WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION
RESOLUTION NO. 175, 95
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver
WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Nick Caimano
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has been
presented with three sets of contracts, bidding documents for the
Queensbury Consolidated Water District, Water Treatment Plant
Expansion for 15MG, Queensbury Consolidated Water District 16 Inch
Transmission Main and Queensbury Consolidated Water District 1MG
Water Storage, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed these documents with Tony
Geiss of O'Brien and Gere Engineering and also Paul Dusek, the Town
Attorney, as a result of that review has determined that the
documents are acceptable and that the engineers may proceed to
going to bid or advertising for bids provided that certain changes
be made: 1, that an arbitration clause be inserted in the
agreement, the arbitration clause to meet with the approval of the
Town Attorney and will be deemed acceptable to the Town Board, 2.
that specifications and criteria for asbestos removal be included
and that no other changes shall be made to the documents other then
minor changes such as bid dates, small language changes, incorrect
mailing addresses and perhaps pre-bid conferences and other similar
types of information to be changed at this point, and
WHEREAS, as part of the bid documents also have been presented
to the Town Board a re-draft of certain pages to the Water
Treatment Plant Expansion to 15 Million MG contract 31 A,B,C and D
with several revisions,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
approves the bid documents as described in the preambles of this
resolution and also authorizes changes to the bid documents as
described in the preambles and hereby further authorizes the
engineers to arrange to advertise for the bidding of the Water
Treatment Plant Expansion project and the Transmission Main and
1.MG Water Tank by releasing the same on Tuesday, March 21st with a
bid return date to be Tuesday, April 25th.
Duly adopted this 14th day of March, 1995, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Caimano, Mrs. Pulver, Mr. Champagne
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mr. Turner