Purchasing Type: Ratification (RA)
Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Purchasing & Contracting
AGENDA ITEM:
Title
Commission District(s): ALL
RA - Ratification of Emergency Repairs to Seminole Road Landfill Leachate Tank: for use by Public Works-Sanitation. Consists of repairing the rusting and deteriorated leachate tank at Seminole Road Landfill and the installation of a target board on the tanks. This request seeks to ratify the emergency purchase. Awarded to Fisher Tank Company. Amount Not To Exceed: $124,800.00.
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Information Contact: Michelle N. Butler, Procurement Manager
Phone Number: (404) 687-3581
PURPOSE:
Consists of repairing the rusting and deteriorated leachate tank at Seminole Road Landfill and installation of a target board on the tanks. The inside of the leachate tank is deteriorating which is causing buildups of solids at bottom of the tank. This is hazardous to the citizens and a violation of the industrial pretreatment discharge permit. Neglecting the deterioration of the tanks can pose risk to public health and the safety of the citizens.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
Recommend ratification of emergency repairs to the Seminole Road Landfill leachate tank with:
Fisher Tank Company, 104 Fisher Tank Dr., Bateburg-Leesville, SC 29070
Amount Not To Exceed: $124,800.00
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Funding: Capital (Sanitation)
2. Justification: Potential health and safety risk to the citizens