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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 13, Page 234, No Ordinance Number234V I V AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF BLACK & VEATCH, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT, PUtiIPING STATIONS, ASSOCIATED EQUIP14ENT AND NECESSARY SEWERS IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY ARID DECLARING Ali EMERGENCY TO EXIST BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the firm of Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers of Kansas City, Missouri, shall be employed in connection with the sewage disposal plant, pumping stations, associated equipment and necessary sewers in the City of Paducah, Kentucky, shich project has been recently approved by the voters of the City, and that the Mayor be, and he is hereby, authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, an agreement and contract of employment of the said firm in words and figures as follows: "THIS CONTRACT, made and executed in triplicate this day of 1954, by and between the City of Paducah, Kentucky, a municipal corporation hereinafter called the City, party of the first part, and Black & Veatch, Consulting Engineers, of Kansas City, Missouri, hereinafter called the Engineers, parties of the second part, WITNESSETH: That in consideration of the mutual covenants herein con- tained, the City hereby agrees to employ the Engineers to perforry the services hereinafter outlined and agrees to pay them for such services according to the schedule of fees herein contained. Section A: The services which the Engineers agree to perform are: 1. To review the basis of design of the sewage improvements prepared for the City in 1947 in order to determine any changes or modifications necessary to care for the in- creased residential load, the industrial waste development and other changes such as more widespread use of garbage grinders in order that proper and adequate facilities may be provided to meet the requirements of the Ohio River Valley Sanitary Commission and the Kentucky State Health Department and Stream Pollution authorities. 2. To prepare a study of financing so that in the event the City desires to levy sewer service charges to cover the interest and sinking fund requirements of the bond issue just voted or to provide any additional funds needed for financing the present program, the City will have a guide to the proper and equitable rates to be established for sewer service to meet these charges and the cost of operation and maintenance and further to consider the possibility of securing revenue from the sale and disposal of sludge fertilizer or other plant byproducts. 3. To review the location of the sewage lift stations and the sewage treatment plant and to advise the City as to the areas necessary for the structures and appurtenances and further to indicate the private right-of-way which must be acquired before construction work commences and further to assist the City in determining the schedule of construction improvements, etc. 4. To so modify the plans, specifications, contract documents, etc., now in possession of the City for interceptor sanitary sewers, sewage pumping stations and treatment works and as designed in 1947, in order that such plans, specifications, etc., shall be in accord with present day conditions and design practices with a reserve capacity for ten years in the future and shall meet the approval of the proper authorities. 235 5.' To consult with the Kentucky State Health Department, the Kentucky Stream Pollution authority, the Ohio River Valley Sanitation'Commission and the Corps of Engineers, Louisville District and to prepare all necessary documents as rapidly as possible in approved form so that advertisement for construcLw tion contracts may be made by the City ih the near future and to further prepare a detailed construction cost estimate and budget to determine if it is possible to include the full project within the funds available. 6. To assist the City in every way possible to secure competitive bids and to be in the City Engineer's office at least one day prior to the opening of bids, to answer any questions that may arise, to tabulate all bids, to analyze the same and to report thereon to the City at its regular session. 7. To supply the City with all sets of plans, specifications, contract documents, etc. as needed for the official use of the City and State agencies having jurisdiction and further to prepare all contractual documents for signature by the interested parties. 8. During the construction period to provide such skilled technically trained full-time personnel in Paducah to lay out and to supervise the construction of the project to the end that full compliance with the plans, specifications and terms of the contract is obtained and that the interests of the City are protected. Said personnel shall make periodic verbal and written progress reports to the City, prepare all partial payment estimates, change orders, etc, and to maintain a complete set of field notes to be turned over to the City Engineer at the close of the construction and further to work in close harmony with the City Engineering, Street and Fire Departments, so that all will be apprised of the progress of the construction. 9. To make periodic inspection trips from the office of the Engineers to consult with the City as to the progress of the work, to check on the field supervision of construction and to make a final inspection of the project with a written report thereof to the City and further to check and approve all shop drawings of equipment, reinforcing steel, schedules and layouts, etc. as required by the contract documents. 10. To provide the City with a set of "as built" tracings of the project for record purposes. 11. To consult with and adivse the officials of public utilities such as water, gas, telephone, telegraph, etc. so that proper precautions can be taken to prevent accidental interruptions of service, etc. Section B: The City agrees to pay the Engineers as follows: 1. For all the services outlined above in sub -paragraphs A-1 to A-7 inclusive a sum equal to the following percent of the final cost of the work covered by plans and specifica- tions, exclusive of the cost of lands, right-of-way, legal and administrative expenses. (a) For revision of the existing detailed construction plans and specifications of the intercepting sanitary sewers, sewage pumping stations and treatment works, one and one-quarter percent, said sum to be due and payable in the amount of eighty percent of the sum above described being due and payable upon the award of construction contracts and the balance to be due and payable at the completion of the project and pro- vided further that if, for any reason the project is estopped or abandoned then the City sAall pay the Engineers their fee which shall be determined by mutual agreement between the Engineers and the City Manager and based upon the amaunt of work done by the Engineers in the period between the signing of this contract and the receipt of a stop order from the City. 2. For the services of resident engineering supervision of construction as outlined in sub -paragraphs A-8 to A-11 inclusive a monthly sum being due and payable each month as based upon the classification of the men working on the project and in accordance with the following schedule. 236 i ((a)) For the Chief resident engineer in charge ....$ 750.00 per mon�h (b) For each. assistant resident engineer.... :, 650,00 per month (c) For each engineer -inspector .. 550.00 per month It being mutually agreed and understood that the number of field personnel needed depends upon the action of the con- tractor in the prosecution of the work and therefore cannot be determined at this time and further that the City Manager and City Engineer shall be fully apprised at all times and agree to the necessity of any increase of the supervisory engineering personnel beyond that of the chief resident i engineer in charge. Section C; It is mutually agreed and understood that the City will place the pertinent records of the City Engineering Depart- ment at the request of the Engineers and further that all City departments will cooperate fully with the Engineers to further the rapid completion of this project. Section D; It is mutually agreed and understood that all subsurface exploration, borings, etc. shall be made by the City at its own exFmense but under the direction of the Engineers, pro- vided the need for the same is mutually agreed upon as necessary for the proper prosecution of the project. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties of the first and second parts have hereunto set their hands and seals on the date first above written." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be introduced at a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners and remain on file for at least one (1) week for public inspection in the completed form in which it shall be put upon its final passage, but because of the great need of the sewage disposal plant being constructed as soon as possible for the health and safety of the citizens of the City, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its final adoption. Mayor Introduced by the Board of Commissioners November 23, 1954 Passed by the Board of Commissioners November 30, 1954 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, November 30, 1954.