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Ordinance amending FY 17-18 budget for services with ECE for Dorton landfill testing
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SUMMARY: The State Inspector sent the City a letter regarding the landfill testing. City Staff has discussed the sampling results with the Inspector. The City must install 2 additional bladder pumps and future testing will be on a quarterly schedule rather than a semiannual schedule.
ECE has given the City a price of $4,100 to install the two pumps. The pumps require more time for sampling and thus the cost is more. A detailed copy of next year's pricing and schedule is attached. To cover these costs, a budget amendment in the amount of $12,000 was requested for the installation of the pumps and remaining sampling for this fiscal year. The budget amendment passed on two readings. Staff is asking for a revision prior to passage of the 3rd reading of the budget amendment to construct an additional well. The current up gradient well at the landfill is producing samples that have contaminants that should not be present. The cost of replacing it is far less expensive than going into a long-term assessment program if the contamination continues. The assessment requirement would double the testing from two to four times a year at an additional cost of $10,000 plus triggering other testing requirements. TDEC was amenable to the solution of a new well, a greater distance from the buried garbage. The new well would pay for itself within two years and tentatively allow the City to get out of the monitoring business in six more years. If the City has to go into assessment mode, the testing could extend many years beyond that. ECE provided a price of $9,994.00 for the well.
BUDGET ACCOUNT:110-43240-254 Debit for $22,000 Credit 110-27100 Net Position for $22,000
Recommended Action
NECESSARY COUNCIL ACTION: Approve the 3rd reading of the budget amendment in the amount of $22,000; approve the installation of the pumps and well; and approve the sampling rates as at...
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