TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Allison Swisher, Director of Public Utilities
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Purchase of Lift Station and Wellhouse SCADA equipment for the Southeast Joliet Sanitary District from Metropolitan Industries in the Amount of $53,951.00
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BACKGROUND:
As of February 1, 2026, the City of Joliet is the owner and operator of the Southeast Joliet Sanitary District (District) water and sewer system. A number of infrastructure improvement projects are planned to rehabilitate the infrastructure in the District. The County is providing funding for these improvements.
One of the improvement projects being funded by the County is the installation of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) monitoring and control equipment that is compatible with the City's system. The scope of the project includes the purchase of the equipment needed to control and monitor the well and lift station from the City's remote operations office.
The Public Service Committee will review this matter.
CONCLUSION:
Metropolitan Industries, the City's lift station SCADA integrator, submitted a quote in the amount of $53,951.00 to design and build the control panels, modify the City's existing lift station SCADA system to accept the new locations and perform field startup.
Section 2-438 of the City of Joliet Code of Ordinances states that purchases whose estimated cost is in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be awarded without written specifications or bidding under certain circumstances. Three (3) of these circumstances apply:
(a) Purchases that may only be practicably made from a single source.
(c) Purchases of equipment which, by reason of training of city personnel or an inventory of replacement parts maintained by the city, are compatible with the existing equipment owned by the City.
(f) Purchases when authorized by a concurring vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Mayor and City Council.
Funds will be charged to the PU Grant / ...
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