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1980 Water & Sewer
Sewer Service.B111 #10-004014 (Expungement of Penalty) By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel //00 RESOLVED, That the Chamberlain b`e authorized to accept without penalty. .payment of water and sewer.service bill #10-004014 dated August 2..1979 r• - to Robert. Kurlander.of 510 Mitchell Street, provided said bill is paid ' within 10 days after this action. -1- Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Water and Sewer Bill #11567 - Expungement of By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel pip RESOLVED, That water and sewer bill #11567 to Kimble Plumbing and Heating in the amount of $36.00, be expunged. This bill is a dupli- cation of bill #11246. Carried Unanimously Request for Expungement of Penalty on Water Bill Richard Weissman, 211 Stewart Avenue, a member of a cooperative housing unit, appeared before the Board to request the expungement of penalty for late payment of his water bill due to the bill having to be forwarded to him from the landlord and he did not receive it until the due date. Resolution .31(� g 0 By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, the request for expungement of penalty for late payment of water bill by Richard Weissman be referred to the Water and Sewer Committee for review and consideration. Carried Unanimously Request for Expungement of Penalty on Water Bill Marion George, 463 Asbury Road, Freeville, N.Y., owner of .the East Hill Laundromat, appeared before the Board to request the expungement of penalty for late payment of his water bill ($57.33) because the bill had been sent to the property owner in Windsor, then returned to him at Freeville. He did not receive the bill until March 19, two days after payment was due. Resolution By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, the request for expungement of penalty for late payment of water bill by Marion George bereferred to the Water and Sewer Committee for review and consideration. Carried Unanimously Request for Expungement of Penalty by Marion George By Comm. Walker: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, the request of Marion George for expungement of penalty for late payment is denied. Discussion followed on the floor. `/04) A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Ayes (3) - Brown, Walker, Cleveland Nay (1) - Schickel Carried Request or Expungement,of Penalty by R. Weissman By Comm. -Cleveland: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That,hecause the'; regulations of this board require that water and sewer bills be sent to the property owner, the lack of communication Ibetweenthe property owner and tenant cannot be considered the responsi- bility of this'board, therefore the request of Richard Weissman is denied Carried Unanimously Expungenient df Sewer Bill Supt. Dingman reported that on February 13, 1980 Mr. Hannan requested in writing that Bill #11603, in' connection with. Stewart Park Duck Pond, in the amount of $511.5.7 be expunged. A corrected item did appear in the audit that month; however, Mr. Dingmanoverlooked the request for expunge ment . He requested it at this time. ' gfr/M Resolution By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That Sewer Bill. #11603 to Capital Account A391-185, in the amount of $511.57, be expunged. . Carried Unanimously Thomas Condon Comm. Brown reported that Mr: Thomas Condon of`3 Bill George Road, , Lansing, N.Y., requested 'abatement of the sewer bill for his property 1 at 110 Cascadilla Street. Mr. Condon purchased the property on July 1. The property was unoccupied through the 15th of August. On the 12th of August a leak was discovered which caused considerable damage in 1 th.e house. Mr. Condon had the old lead plumbing replaced, and Mr. 1: Condon indicates that the sewer bill for September 1980 is $16.33 more than the sewer bill for J.une1980, and he further points out that the house was unoccupied during most of that period. Mr. Condon requests the abatement of sewer bill #0370123667 for the period June 1, 1980 to June 10, 1980 in the amount of $16.33, leaving.a net sewer bill of $10.55. Resolution Oro By Comm. Brown: Seconded by,Comm. Varricchio RESOLVED, That the request from Mr. Condon be ;.for investigation and recommendation. Supt.. Dingman informed th.e Board that in the past week the department j employees had investigated the leak, determining -that a toilet had been leaking and was not well seated. He therefore recommended that the request for expungement be denied. referred to the department. _Comm. Brown withdrew her -resolution and offered the following: By Comm. Brown: Seconded by;Comm. Varricchio RESOLVED, That the request of Mr. Thomas Condon for abatement of the sewer bill for his property at 110 Cascadilla Street be denied. Carried Unanimously Request for Expungement of late payment penalty on bill #4-15683. By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel q/ij/,V RESOLVED, That a request from Michael L. Shuler, for expungementof the late payment penalty on bill #4-15683 (136 Hawthorne Place), be approved in the amount of $9.38. Carried Unanimously -la - Johnson Marina Comm. Brown reported that Johnson's Marina had requested that the sewer portion of their water and sewer ,bill be expunged;.,in the_ amount of $94.36. It is alleged that an ur derground.water leak caused a large IIIamount of water to be wasted undergro,und,. This•wasted.water never reached the city sewer system. Therefore, the sewer charge of $165.20 is based on the water meter reading and is excessive. Standard water use at this location is 200 units which would resu3t -in-a-sewer bill of $70.84. • Resolution 0 By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. -Walker RESOLVED, That water and sewer bill #035.0116.086 for the period June 1, .1980 to September 1, 1980 at 101 Pier Road, be expunged in the amount • of $94.36, leaving a net sewer bill of $70.84. A vote on the resolution resulted.. as follows: Ayes (4) - Brown, Varricchio,- Walker, Walsh - Abstained (1) - Cleveland Carried • -2- Invoice from Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That an invoice from Stearns & Wheler for professional engineering services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Plant through December 28, 1979, be approved in the amount of $7,816.84. Discussion followed on the floor. /PM A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Bill from Stearns $ Wheler �j�y/�Q. By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns f Wheler for professional engineering services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Plant through December 1979, be approved in the amount of $3,896.68. Carried Unanimously Invoice Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Brown:. Seconded by Comm. Walker. J//?'f RESOLVED, That an Invoice from Stearns & Wheler for engineering services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant through. February 29, 1980, be approved. in the amount of $1,249.68. Carried. Unanimously Bill from Stearns & Wheler 410, By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker (OA° RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns $ Wheler for consulting services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Pilot Plant Research Project, be approved in the amount of $87.46. Carried Unanimously Invoice from Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That an Invoice from Stearns & Wheler for professionals services in connection with the Deep Shaft Plant.through March of 1980, be approved in the amount of $2,532.03. Carried Unanimously ctla.3f,5v Stearns & Wheler Invoice By Comm. Walker: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland t/j//ra RESOLVED, That an invoice of Stearns & Wheler for professional services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Pilot Plant through April 1980 be approved in the amount of $3,964.04. Carried Unanimously mill from Stearns & Wheler Deep Shaft Project By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That a payment request from Stearns & Wheler for engineering services performed through June 23, 1980, in connection with the Deep Shaft Project, be approvedin the amount of $1,968.41. Carried Unanimously Bill --Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Cleveland: Seconded by Comm. Walker ni3/K°. RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns & Whelerin connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Pilot Plant, be approved in the amount of $1,110.36. Carried Unanimously Bill - Stearns $ Wheler - Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Pilot Plant By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel q/4/S0 RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns & Wheler, for professional services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Pilot Plant through September 9., 1980, be approved in the amount of $10,969.10. Carried Unanimously Bill - Stearns & Wheler - Deep Shaft Sewage Treatment By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker /*/g/D RESOLVED, That an invoice from Stearns & Wheler, for consulting services in connection with the Deep Shaft. Sewage Treatment Pilot Plant through August, 1980, be approved in the amount of $11,629.51. Carried Unanimously 3. Engineering services in connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Pilot Project - $9,262.27. `///af ro IW 11. 2 , L.Jett. m7 Carried • .Bill --Stearns & Wheler (Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Pilot Plant) By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker /2 /7 J=c' RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns & Wheler for consulting services i connection with the Deep Shaft Biological Treatment Pilot Plant through the month of October, 1980., be approved in the amount of $9,614.54. -3 - Invoice from Stearns & Wheler �h��v By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel RESOLVED, That an invoice from Stearns & Wheler through December 28,1979, • for professional engineering services in connection with the sewer system evaluation survey, be approved in the amount of Carried $3,35.77.ously Bill from Stearns $ Wheler By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel er for rofessio �% /al seservices. RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns $ P in connection with the Wastewater Facilities Planning, Engineering Report, through January 1980, be approved in the amoamount Uof $3,650. Ca Bill from Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel 9'1f 131 ftv RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns & Wheler for engineering services in connection with the sewer system evaluation through December 1979, be approved in the amount of $20,177.02. Carried Unanimously Stearns $ Wheler Invoice%7I�0 By•Comm. .Brown: Seconded by Comm. Wacker RESOLVED, That an invoice from Stearns & Wheler for professional engineering servicesin connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey through January 1980 be approved in the amount of $25,874.36. Carried Unanimously Ihvo i ces Stearns ... Wheler By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker, RESOLVED, That the following invoices of Stearns & Wheler for, professional services in connection with the Wastewater Facility Plan through February 29, 1980, beapproved as follows:. 9//k/0. Facili.ti.es. Plan Phase, Permits. . . . . . . . . . $ 800 - Facilities Plan Phase,Environmental Assessment Summary $5,250 Carried Unanimously . Bill from Stearns and Wheler By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by. Comm. Wacker 3/d6/�fv RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns and Wheler for professional engineering services in connection with the wastewater facilities planning, grant administration, be approved in the amount of $300. Carried Unanimously Bill - Stearns &—W-6- er �© By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns $ Wheler for consulting services in connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey for the month of. February, be approved in the amount of $19, 463.45. Carried Unanimously Invoice - Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Cowes. Walkers/,�%�L RESOLVED, that a bill from Stearns & Wheler for professional services in connection with the sewer system evaluation survey through March 1980, be approved in the amount of $21,104.93. Carried Unanimously Invoices - Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, that the following bills from Stearns & Wheler in connection with wastewater facilities planning, -be approved: 1. Geotechnical consultant through April 1980 0/,Jgo $1,634 2. Grant Administration through April 1980 300 3. .Environmental assessment summary through April 1980 7,000 4. Permits through April 1980 1,200 5. Negotiation cost sharing through April 1980 2,000 Carried Unanimously Stearns $ Wheler Invoice for SSES By Comm. Walker: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland 6/VP0 RESOLVED, That an invoice of Stearns & Wheler for professional services in connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey through April 1980 be approved in the amount of $23,931.14. Carried Unanimously Bill from .Stearns & Wheler - Sewer System Evaluation 'Survey By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker 7/1/0 RESOLVED, That a payment request from Stearns $ Wheler for consul ing services performed through June 23, 1980, in connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey, be approved in the amount of $15,884.45. Carried Unanimously Bill .from Stearns .&. Wheler Wastewater Treatment Facility Industrial Pre-treatment Program /NO By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Ditzell RESOLVED, That a payment request from Stearns & Wheler for consulting services performed through July 2, 1980, in connection with the Waste- water Treatment Facility Industrial Pre-treatment Program, be approved in the amount of $688.33. Carried Unanimously nvoices- Stearns ' eler for Pro essional Services By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That invoices from Stearns & Wheler for professional services in connection with wastewater facilities planning through June 30, 1980, be approved as follows: - Assessment summary $1,750 - Grant Administration 300 - Geotechnical consultation 2,451 - Cost sharing negotiations 1,500 - Engineering report 3,650 Carried Unanimously /304/9 Bills—Wastewater Treatment Facilities By Comm. Cleveland: Sec. by Comm. Wlker RESOLVED, That the following bilis from Stearns $ Wheler in connection with the Wastewater Treatment Facilities, be approved: 1. Sewer System Evaluation 03/80 . $20,944.60 2. Basic services -permits 1,000.00 3. Basic services -Step 2 grant application 750.00 4. Additional services -industrial pre-treatment program 219.73 Carried Unanimously -3a - "Bill 'Stearns .&. Wheler.:-. "re, Wastewater Facilities Plan By Comm. -Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker ' RESOLVED, That the. 'following bills from Stearns .& Wheler in connection • with. the wastewater treatment facility, be approved: %//7/V - Facilities Planning Engineer Report $3,650 Step 2 Grant Application $2,250 Carried. Unanimously "Bill S'tearris Wh'ele°r -'Sewer System .E.aluat i n: Survey By Comm. -Brown: Seconded by' Comm. Walker . RESOLVED, That a bill' from Stearns & Wheler for the sewer system evalua- tion survey, be approved in the amount of $23,546.15. Carried Unanimously —Bill Stearns .&. Wheler - Wastewater Facility 1�1�v By Comm.Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel for rofessi /oval RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns $ Wheler, p engineer- ing services in connection with the wastewater facilities plan through ;September 9, 1980, be approved in the amount of $1,000. Carried Unanimously Bill - Stearns &.Wheler - Sewer. System Evaluation' Survey By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland • RESOLVED; That an invoice from Stearns $ Wheler for consulting services in connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey 'through'September, 1980, be approved in.the amount of $23,457.15. Carried Unanimously 2. Engineering services in connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey - $24,542.51 . v/liJ .%i 4/4-wtec, Aid 010at -/ By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, that the following bills from Stearns & Wheler dated through October, 1980, be approved for payment: 1. Basic services in connection with the Wastewater Facilities Planning $1,000.00 0-s-1 2. Grant administration in connection with the Wastewater Facilities Planning - $300.00 3. Engineering services in connection with the Sewer System Evaluation Survey - $22,623.74. Carried -4- Claim from C -I -L Chemicals, Inc. 4A P By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Maclnnes RESOLVED, That claim #3 from C -I -L Chemicals, Inc. for construction services in connection with the Deep Shaft demonstration project, be approved in the amount. of $40,406..30. Carried Unanimously ' 'Bill ' 'C -'1--'L Chemicals Inc. , -d17/1Y0 !' �� �O By Comm. Brown : : Seconded by .Comm. Walker' I RESOLVED, That a bill from C -I -L Chemicals, Inc. for research services in connection with the Deep _Shaft Demonstration Plant through January 31, 1980 (claim #6) be approved in the amount of $6,5.60.69. Carried Unanimously Bill - C -I -L Chemicals, Inc. By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland 4/SAA RESOLVED, that a bill from C -I -L Chemicals, Inc. for services in connection with the Deep Shaft Research Project, be approved in the a ouut of $3,334.67. JI Carried Unanimously Invoice--C-I-L Chemicals, Inc. (Deep Shaft Pilot Plant) / By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel /L/�‘) 1l RESOLVED, That an invoice from C -I -L Chemicals, Inc. for contractual services in connection with the Deep Shaft Pilot Plant through September 30, 1980, be approved in the amount of $12,201.86. Carried Unanimously ! 7411--N • • 1 -5- Mutual Aid Agreement (Proposed) Supt. Dingman reported that representatives of the .Town of Ithaca, the Utilities Division of Cornell University, and the Department of Public. Works of the City of Ithaca have developed the framework of an agreement . between these three major Ithaca Area water suppliers which will provide mutual aid in the event`. of a major disruption of service in any one or more of the systems. A rough draft of the proposed agreement was attached to the. recommendations. In general, this agreement provides the basis of mutual aid and the method of computing the costs of such aid. Resolution. By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That the proposed Mutual Aid Agreement be referred to the Water and Sewer Committee and the City Attorneyfor report, recommendation and. actionat the regular meeting on March 12.. Carried Unanimously Mutual -aid Agreement for Water Systems By.Comm. .Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel RESOLVED, That the Mayor be authorized to enter into a.mutual-aid agree- ment with the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission and Cornell. University; the agreement to contain essentially the items in a document entitled, "Water - Intermunicipal Agreement; Intersystem Emergency Aid;. (Rough Draft. February 25, 1980)". 3/�a/p2 Lf IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, That the agreement document to be signed by the Mayor be approved by the. City Attorney after consultation with the attorney for Cornell University and the attorney for the. Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission. Carried Unanimously -6 - Waste Water Facility Plan - Public Hearing 34E/S10 City Engineer Cox announced that a public hearing to discuss the Environ- mental Assessment Statement with respect to the Waste Water Facility Plan has been scheduled on April 22, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in the Common Council Chambers. Copies of the Statement may be seen in the Clerk's Office, the Supt. of Public Works' Office, the Engineer's Office, the Public Library and other strategic locations in the city. Stage I Cultural Resources Survey The City Engineer has solicited proposals for the Stage I Cultural Resources Survey which is required as a part of the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Facilities Plan due in June 1980, as follows: Atlantic Testing Corp $4,500 Narsu Environmental Consultants 5,500 Murphy, Murphy-Mayga, Archaeological Consultants 7,110 P/Re Research, Inc. 7,700 Resolution glq) � By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland `ij RESOLVED, That the contract for supplying a Stage I Cultural Resources Survey in connection with the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Facilities Plan in compliance with the requirements of the State Historic Preserva- tion officer, be awarded to Narsu Environmental Consultants for their quotation of $5,500. Discussion followed on the floor. •j A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Environmental Assessment - Stearns & Wheler Consultants Stearns & Wheler have completed the Facilities Plan for the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant. They have also made an Environmental Assessment of the Facilities Plan. Hearings have been held on the assessment, data collected and the assessment adjusted. Based on the adjusted assessment, Stearns & Wheler recommended that the Board of Public Works make a finding of "no significant environ- mental impact" Resolution By Coumi. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, that the recommendation of Stearns & Wheler on the Environ- mental Impact of the Facilities Plan for the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant be referred to the Water and Sewer Committee for report and recommendation. Carried Unanimously Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility --Environmental Assessment Statement By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Ditzell WHEREAS, the consulting firm of Stearns & Wheler has prepared a Facilities Plan for the Ithaca Area Sewage Treatment for the City of Ithaca, and WHEREAS, said consultant has made a of said Facilities Plan, and S:rE ;YT ys1-e5rEfvr of the environmental i; et ORRETlpiJS WHEREAS, after proper public review and hearing on the environmental assessment statement the said consultant has recommended a finding of "no significant adverse impact;" NOW? THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED? That the Board of Public Works? having reviewed the environmental assessment statement prepared by the consultant and, -having reviewed th.e public comment? do find that th.e Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility as proposed by th.e Facilities' Plan will have no significant adverse environmental impact, Discussion followed on the 'floor. A -vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Ayes: (3.) --Brown, Walker, Cleveland Nays '(2) D azell, Schi.ck.el Carried• City Engineer Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant City Engineer Cox reported on the Status -of the Treatment Plant, copies -of -which. had been given Mr. Cox asked the Board to read the report, and adoption of such a report. Ithaca Wastewater to each commissioner. recommended the Tt achach a Area Wastewater Treatment 'Facility Plan Adoption By Comm.. Brown Seconded:by, Comm. Walker WHEREAS', Stearns Wheler, acting as consultant for the City, of Ithaca, has prepared a Facilities Plan for the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment, and WHEREAS', said Wastewater Facilities: Plan has been th.e subject of ex tensive. r_evi-ew and hearing, a,,nd WHEREAS', this Board finds that the Facilities. Plan as proposed will -meet- the. needs and objectives :of the area for th.e• •deli:gn period; i NOW', THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That' this Board approves -said 'Facili.ttes Plan and ' recommends it to the 'Co,onon Council fox adoption. Discussion followed on the 'floor. A vote on the reso.lution:res:ulted as follows Ayes.:(3) 'Brown, Walker, Cleveland Nays (2 'Schi:ck:el, Di.tzell Carried -6b - Correction of Minutes City Engineer Cox requested a couple of word changes in the resolution concerning the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility --Environmental Assessment Statement (pp 2-3, Board of Public Works Proceedings of May 28, 1980) : Paragraph 2 should read: WHEREAS, said consultant has made a statement of the environmental assessment of said Facilities Plan, (insert "statement" and "assessment" in place of "study" and "impact." (• /1/ Resolution By Comm. Cleveland: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That Paragraph 2, Environmental Assessment Statement (pp 2-3, Board of Public Works Proceedings of May 28) read: WHEREAS, said consultant has made a statement of the environmental assessment of said Facilities Plan. Carried Unanimously -Environmental Assessment Statement Vice Chm. Schickel mentioned a letter from William Shaw regarding the Environmental Assessment Statement in respect to the new sewage treat- ment plant, and asked whether or not the Board wished to take another look at it. C�I17l�v Comm. Brown responded that the letter in question was written by the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council, and she felt that City Engineer Cox had answered their questions satisfactorily. If they have further questions, they will probably contact the Board. Approval of Step II Design Grant - Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant Comm. Brown reported that a recent letter from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation indicates that the Step II. design grant for the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant has been io%�0 approved. It is now necessary to finalize the details of the Minority Business Enterprise requirements, the industrial pre-treatment arrange- ments, and the engineering contract. Federal Grant - Step II of the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker The Superintendent has received a notice of approval of a federal grant of $1,573,583 for Step II (design) of the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant. This grant must be accepted by November 21. l/l./a/�op RESOLVED, That the Superintendent be authorized to execute on behalf of the City of Ithaca the acceptance of the grant for design of the Ithaca Wastewater Treatment Plant, EPA Project #C-361095-02, dated September 30, 1980, which grant covers 75% of all of the approved design costs up to but not exceeding $1,573,583. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried -7 - Water, Sewer Rates By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That water rates to users within the city limits be increased by 20% effective. with water bills issued subsequent to December 31, 1979. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That sewer rates to users of 1,000,000 cu. ft. or less within the city limits be decreased by 20% effective with sewer bills issued subsequent to December 31, 1979. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That sewer rates to users outside the city limits and to users of more than 1,000,000 cu. ft. within the city remain unchanged. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chamberlain be authorized to allocate the receipts from water and sewer bills issued subsequent to December 31, 1979, but prior to May 1, 1980, by crediting 60% of the gross receipts for metered water and sewer use to the water fund and 40% to the sewer fund, inside the city limits. Discussion followed on the floor. )11 A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Letter fr6M Noel -Desch Mayor Bordoni referred to a letter received by him from Noel Desch regarding the water and sewer rates, copies of which he distributed to the Board. He recommended discussing it in part later in the ° meeting, and referring it to Water and Sanitary Sewer Committee. "I Adjustments to Water and Sewer Bills Comm. Brown reported that the change in water and sewer rates inside the city adversely affects certain water users who do not have sewer service because they have,been.billed in 1980 for water at the previous rates and would not have credit on their sewer bill to offset the water bill increase. Resolution By Comm. Brown: Seconded byComm00° Ditzell RESOLVED, That water bills for "water only" customers within the city limits be billed and collected at the old rates for bills issued prior to May 1, 1980. IT IS.FU.RTHER RESOLVED, That "sewer only" customers within the city limits be refunded the difference between the rates at which they were billed and the revised rates for. 1980. Carried Unanimously Schedule_ of Water and Sewer Rates 1 By Comm.gown : Seconded by Comm. Ditzell `�I a3 j�a RESOLVED, That the schedule of water and sewer rates for the City of Ithaca, New York readas shown on the corrected schedule. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Water and Se't,-er Rates - Correction By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That the resolution of this Board on April 9 which altered the water and sewer rates effective with water bills issued subsequent to. December 31, 1979, be altered as follows: Paragraph 2 to read: BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That sewer rates to non -bulk users of 20,000,000 cu. ft. or lesswithin the city limits be decreased by 20o effective with sewer bills issued subsequent to December 31, 1979. Paragraph 3 to read: RESOLVED, That sewer to_non-bulk users of remain unchanged. rates to users outside the city limits and more than 20, 000, 000 cu. ft. within the city Discussion followed on the floor. A letter dated April 14,:l980 from Noel Desch to Mayor Bordoni, was discussed. ?31D Resolution By Comm. Walker: Seconded by Comm. Brown RESOLVED, The letter from Noel Desch regarding the water and sewer rates be referred to the Water and Sewer and Finance Committees, to meet with Mr. Desch, and that the May bills go out as per the rate schedule that was passed as of the last Board of Public Works meeting. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Ayes (5) - Schickei , Nay (1) - Cleveland Mayor Bordoni asked Comm. Brown, Ditzell, Walker, MacInnes Carried Cleveland to participate in these discussions., A vote on the original resolution resulted as follows: 'Carried Unanimously • • -8- Cut-back in Water and Sewer Department Mr. Charles Wilson, 105 Iroquois Road, Ithaca, New York, appeared before the Board and spoke to cut-backs in the Water and Sewer Department. He said he has seen only one side of the operations --the department provides services to the homeowner which are relatively critical, and the speed with which they provide those services is important in a lot of instances. To the homeowner who has a service that has been damaged or malfunctions, the cooperation of the department is needed to get it back in operation. The department is responsible for everything from the curb line to the main. He said there is a big difference in contractors who are laying sewers. Fortunately, in Ithaca there• are very good people, both in the contractors' end and the utilities' -end, A lapse in inspection, or the people who are supervising all this, can lead to marginal installations and high costs. He.said he has noticed everytime he has asked the depart- ment to do anything, that he has never observed anything except an efficient operation. If they are wasting time anywhere, it is not on his job. lMr. Wilson said he wants the Board to understand that what they I th ey have here is very good and that is not true everywhere else. If you start making adjustments there is th.e potential we nay pay for it at a later time. He believes that if you cut the personnel you also cut service. They provide a critical service that no one else can provide. Supt. Dingman thanked Mr. Wilson for his comments, and assured him that as far as the 'department is concerned, it has every intention that the quality and nature of their services will continue. He told Mr. Wilson that he could do the department a real service in that if he notices, because of the action the department is taking, that the services are deteriorating, they would appreciate his being candid. -9- • City Engineer's Report City Engineer Cox reported that the.Sewer Planning Committee has been formed, which includes the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Town of Dryden and Cornell University,•which is to arrive at at least two proposals for the ultimate management of the sewage treatment plant, either city -owned or jointly owned. One apparent di.fficultyis what exactly the present worth of our sewage treatment plant is, what exactly is the present value of land that we intend to dedicate as a part of the treatment plant to improve the plant. He reported that. he• had sent invitations to six appraisal firms asking for proposals to come' in and provide us with appraised values on properties and some of the • buildings that are .involved in the present treatment plant and will be involved in the improved sewage treatment plant. The plan must be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency in June. The charge is hopefully to arrive at some kind of conclusion of how the improved sewage treatment plant will be owned and operated. He said he had received answers from two of the appraisal firms: Northeast Appraisal, who quote $2750 for the work and E. Austin, who quotes $1800. Air. Cox requested authorization to award the work to Mr. Austin in accordance with terms of the invitations sent out. Discussion followed on the floor. 4/0' Resolution .By Comm. Walker: Seconded by Comm. MacInnes RESOLVED, That City.Engineer Cox be authorized to award the work of . appraisal of buildings and properties involved in the sewage. treatment plant to E. Austin, for the amount of $1800 in accordance with terns of the invitations sent out. - Carried Unanimously Sewage Treatment Facility By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca is currently completing a Facilities Plan for an upgraded sewage treatment facility, and WHEREAS, said plan outlines the elements of the proposed treatment plant, including a sewerservice area, and WHEREAS, a Sewer System Planning.Committee has been establish S/D by the City of Ithaca, the Town of Ithaca, and the Town of Dryden, and such Committee hasalready negotiated an agreement on the financing' of the Sewer System Evaluation Survey, adopted by the respective municipalitiesnd said agreement has been NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED., That it is agreed among the City of Ithaca, the Town of Ithaca, and the Town of Dryden that it is their joint intent that the proposed upgraded sewage treatment facility will treat the sewage collected within the general limits of the aforementioned sewer service area, and �' BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That these three municipalities will continue negotiations through the Sewer System Planning Committee with. the intention of reaching an intermunicipal agreement prior to completion of the design phase with respect to the ownership, operation, and financing of the proposed facilities, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That such an agreement shall include a system of equitable user charges and a comprehensive sewer use ordinance or regulation which will provide for, among other things, such industrial pre-treatment program and such industrial cost recovery as may be required by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Discussionfollowed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Ayes (4) - Walker, Brown, Cleveland, Schickel Nay (1) - Ditzell Carried City Engineer Cox directed that the above resolution be referred to Alderman Slattery, Council! representative on the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. 671,4rti Letter from Dr. Schmidt 1 Supt. Dingman referred to a letter from Dr. Schmidt, County Commissioner of Health, in which Dr. Schmidt urges continuing efforts on the part of the City to enlarge the proposed City Sewage Plant. Supt. Dingman requested that Dr. Schmidt',s letter be referred to the Sewage System Planning Committee. Resolution /*)V By Comm. Walker: Seconded 'by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That the letter of Dr. Schmidt, County Health Commissioner, be referred to the Sewage System Planning Committee. Carried Unanimously -10- Bill - Harold E. Warren Resolution By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland140 RESOLVED, that a bill from Harold E. Warren for services as a court reporter in connection with the Environmental Assessment Hearing, be approved in the amount of $207.75. Carried Unanimously WATER AND SANITARY SEWER COMMITTEE: By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Ditzell 6/WN RESOLVED, That the first and final bill from Edward W. Austin for appraisal services in connection with the Wastewater Facilities Plan be approved in the amount of $1,800.00. Carried Unanimously • -11- Septage Treatment Step 2 Design Process By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, that a letter from County Chairman Dates requesting the • City to continue the planning of septage treatment through the Step 2 design process, be referred to the Superintendent, and 5 /S-Ald BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superintendent be authorized to ..include the design of facilities for handling septage from Tompkins County in the design of the wastewater treatment facility. Carried Unanimously • • • • _12_ Industrial Pre -Treatment Program Under the Pure Waters Act as amended in 1978, municipal permit holders must have an Industrial Pre-treatment Program developed within three years of an order to do so. We have been advised by the NYS DEC that no Step II Grant will be awarded until Phase I of an Industrial Pre- treatment Program has been initiated. In order to get funding for the development of an Industrial Pre-treatment Program, we must submit an Application and Plan of Study for the program. Our engineer has estimated the cost of the Application and Plan of Study at $7,500 if performed under the "extra work" provision of our present contract. Of this $7,500, $4,800 is aidable. The cost to the City of the program would be about $4,000. j Resolution S// 8L) By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, that the Superintendent be authorized to direct Stearns & Wheler to proceed with the Plan of Study and an Application for Aid for the development of an Industrial Pre-treatment Program asan amendment to our existing contract for consulting services at an estimated cost of $7,500. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Bill -' Stearns 4 .Wheler Tndustrial Pre-treatment Program 1.10By Comm. Brown Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That a bill from Stearns Wheler, for professional services in connection with the Industrial Pre-treatment Program through September 15, 1980, be approved in the amount of $893.07. • Carried Unanimously Invoice from Stearns $ Wheler By Comm. Schickel:. Seconded by Comm. Cleveland '°/a/P RESOLVED, That an invoice from Stearns $ Wheler for engineering services in connection with the industrial Pre-treatment Program through the month of August 1980, be approved in the amount of $1,039.52. Carried Unanimously Invoice from Stearns & Wheler By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That the following bills from Stearns & Wheler dated through September 1980, be approved and ordered paid: 011*0 1. Engineering services in connection with the Industrial Pre-treatment Program - $536.98. Narsu Invoice By Comm. Walker: Seconded by Comm. Ditzell RESOLVED, That an invoice of Narsu, Professional Consultants, for pro- fessional services in connection with. the Stage 1 Cultural Resources Survey for the Wastewater Facilities plan be approved in the amount of $5,500.00. Discussion followed on the floor. 61l eo A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously • • • Capital ° 'Project -Sewage Treatment Digester Comm. Brown reported that the mixing equipment for the digester at the sewage treatment plant has failed. This mixing equipment is obsolete. No replacement parts are available. The digester is an essential part of the treatment plant. Tts faulty operation or no operationat all adversely affects all the other processes in the plant, including fil- tration, final effluent quality, sludge cake condition and gas production. It is essential that this operation continue for the remaining life of the plant - approximately six years. Resolution 2/ 36/ft By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Schickel RESOLVED, That the Common Council be requested to provide a capital project in the amount of $50,000 for sewage treatment digester cleaning and repair. Discussion followed on the floor. A'vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously —Mixing .Equipment .in the Digestef Tank Comm. Brown reported that the Board of Public Works recently approved the purchase and installation of new mixing equipment in the digester tank in the existing city sewage plant. We have received a quotation for the equipment consisting of one Flygt Model #4500 submersible mixer and appurtenances in the amount of $10,500, witha shipment time of four to six weeks. The department has investigated and is not aware of any competing equipment suitable to perform the required function. It is important that this iteni be purchased and installed prior to the end of. this construction season. Resolution By Comm.,Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That this Board declare that an emergency exists and authorizes the purchase of one Flygt Model #4500 submersible mixer, proposal #800802 from J. Andrew Lange, Inc., dated August 5, 1980, without the usual competitive bidding. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution .resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously ' -1 5 - Invoice - Gooslin Pumping and Pipe Cleaning By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That the first and final bill from Gooslin Pumping and Pipe Cleaning for the contract digester cleaning at the Sewage Treatment Plant, be approved in the amount of $27,513. Carried Invoice - Gaggle Company., Inc. f��1�� By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That the bill from Gaggle Company, Inc. for services in connection with digester sludge disposal, be approved in the amount of $4,000. Carried .Abstained - Brown By Comm. Schickel: Seconded by Comm. Cleveland RESOLVED, That purchase arrangements made by the City Engineer with Gaggle Co., Inc. for additional sludge disposal service beyond the previous price of $4000, said total purchase price approximating $6,500, be approved due to both the emergency which had been previously declared by this Board in Connection with the sludge digester and due to the fact that at the. time the second purchase agreement was made with Gaggle Co., it was the only remaining NYS DEC - approved lagoon disposal site available to the City in Tompkins Co. ////b/(0 Carried Abstained - Brown Bill --Carpenter's Backhoe and Dozer Service ,By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walker RESOLVED, That a bill from Carpenter's Backhoe and Dozer Service for the disposal of 105,000 gallons of sewage sludge, be approved in the amount of $157.50. / L/77/G Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: • Carried Unanimously -16- d Comm. Brown reported that at the time that the Bolton Pointfwater system t kswas separate Bill - Plumbing Inspection Services from the city water system, the City of IthaDepartment te Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission enteredgintopantagreemnt whereby the city's plumbing inspector would be availablepfee of all locations served by the Bolton Point system l Aathat thenannulrmed the ofp$r2,000. Near at the close of 1979, the SCLIWC treasurer, N0 the Commission did not wish to use the plumbing services in 1980.. The SCLIWC had been billed by the city for 1978 and has not paid the b.11..ad little The cityuseforstnnot syetibilledd the Commission for 1979. Because the Commiss 'our plumbing inspector in either 1978 or 1979, the Commission has offered to settle `for both years by paying a total of $12,000. /� /7 �v Resolution By Comm. Brown: Seconded by Comm. Walsh ,RESOLVED, That the Board of PubliconDecember31, Works the offer 1980 infrom completeSCLIWC settlement of x$12,000 before the close of business ,plumbing inspection services performed by the city's plumbing inspector for the years 1978 and 1979. Discussion followed on the floor. A vote on the resolution resulted as follows: Carried Unanimously Expungements of water and/or sewer charges - requests 1 Stearns & Wheler - Payments - Deep Shaft Project 2 Stearns & Wheler - Payments - Sewer System evaluation /Wastewater facilities 3 C -I -L Chemicals - Payments - Deep Shaft Project 4 Mutual Aid Agreement proposal between Town of Ithaca, CU and DPW, Ithaca 5 ►' Wastewater Facility Plan - Public hearing scheduled Environmental Assessment 6 Wastewater Facility Plan - Award of contract for supplying Stage I Cultural Resources Survey 6 Water rates increased/Sewer rates descreased and rates outside City unchanged 7 Mr. Charles Wilson - remarks re cutbacks in Water and Sewer Dept. 8 Sewage Treatdment Plant -Work on appraisal of buildings & properties awarded 9 Harold E. Warren - Payment - Court reporter at Environmental Assessment Hearing 10 Septage Treatment -Supt. authorized to include in Design Process of Wastewater Fac. 11 Industrial Pre-treatment Program - Authorization to proceed with Plan of Study and Application for Aid by Stearns & Wheler - Payment requests* 12 Sewage Treatment Plant -Resolutions re ownership, operations & financing between 3 municipalities (City, Town of Ithaca, Town of Dryden) 9 • NARSU - Payment request - Stage I Cultural Resources Survey Edward W. Austin - Payment Request - Appraisal Sewage Treatmemt Plant 13 10 Sewage Treatment Digester -Request to establish Capital Project for repairs 14 Replacement sewage pumps (See Bids - pg. 14) Wastewater Treatment (Facility) Plan - Approval of Step II Design Grant 6b Sewage Treatment Plant -Letter Dr. Schmidt urging enlargement of plant referred to Sewage System Planning Committee 9 Digester Cleaning & Sludge Removal - Payment requests - Gooslin Pumping & Pipe Cleaning.; Gaggle Company, Inc.; Carpenter's Backhoe and Dozer Service 15 Plumbing Inspector services - Payment for services from SCLIWC 16 *S/W payments - Also see B.P.W. Book for 1981 -67,