TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Award of Contract for the Burr Oaks Water Main Improvements Project to Len Cox & Sons Excavating in the amount of $3,148,711.30
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BACKGROUND:
On January 5, 2021, the Mayor and City Council approved Resolution No. 7613, committing to water conservation through the reduction of non-revenue water in order to comply with the allocation requirements of the Level of Lake Michigan Act, 615 ILCS 50, and the corresponding State regulations. A condition of the City's Lake Michigan water allocation permit is completion of the City's Non-Revenue Water Reduction Plan. A major component of this Plan is water main replacement. The water main replacement, estimated at approximately 3% per year, must be sufficient to achieve the reduction of non-revenue water from the City's water system to not more than 10 percent by the year 2030.
The 2024 Water Main Replacement Program consists of 18 contracts to replace a total of approximately 33 miles of water main, at an as-bid cost of approximately $83,500,000. The Burr Oaks Water Main Improvements Project was identified to be completed as part of this program. The project consists of replacing approximately 8,700 linear feet of water main in various sizes on Essington Road (Oakwood Dr to Glenwood Ave); Meadowood Dr (north of Indianwood Ln); Timber Oaks Dr (Timberline Dr to Meadowwood Dr), Oakwood Dr; Wild Oaks Ct; Dogwood Ct; Aspen Ct; Burr Oaks Dr; Burr Oaks Ct; Ponderosa Pl, and Indianwood Ln. Included in this memo is an exhibit of the project location.
Design drawings and bidding documents were prepared and the invitation to bid for the project was advertised in the Joliet Herald-News on Thursday, October 26, 2023. The Public Service Committee reviewed this memo at the January 2, 2024 meeting and recommended for approval by full Council.
CONCLUSION:
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., ten (10) sealed bids were received for the Burr Oa...
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