#26-07

PASSED 6/25/07

COMMITTEE REVIEW:	SERVICE MAINTENANCE
INTRODUCED BY:	COUNCILMEMBER MERCER
INTRODUCED ON:	JUNE 25, 2007
DATE OF FIRST READING:	JUNE 25, 2007
DATE OF SECOND READING:
DATE OF THIRD READING:
EMERGENCY CLAUSE:	YES/NO
TITLE ONLY PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.07 OF THE CHARTER:	YES/NO

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CTI ENGINEERS, INC. TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF BYPASS ELIMINATION FACILITIES AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($215,200.00); AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS the Village Council has previously contracted with CTI Engineers, Inc. to identify areas of inflow and infiltration into the sanitary sewer system and a hydraulic analysis of the sanitary sewer collection system; and

WHEREAS under the Village’s NPDES permit issued through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency the Village is required to eliminate the Sanitary Sewer by-pass at the waste water treatment plant by January 1, 2010; and

WHEREAS CTI Environmental, Inc. has submitted a proposal to the Village of Sebring to plan and design the facilities necessary to eliminate the sanitary sewer by-pass as required by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency within the Village’s NPDES permit.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SEBRING, MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO:

Section 1:        That the Municipal Manager is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with CTI Engineers, Inc. to provide engineering services for the design of bypass elimination facilities at the wastewater treatment plant for a sum not to exceed two hundred fifteen thousand two hundred dollars ($215,200.00)

Section 2:        That it is FOUND and DETERMINED that all formal actions of this Council relating to the passage of this Ordinance or adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council, and of any of its committees which resulted in such formal actions were made in compliance with all legal requirements, including those of section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code, all pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Charter of the Village of Sebring.

Section 3:        That this Ordinance is hereby determined to be an EMERGENCY MEASURE necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Municipality of Sebring, Ohio and for the further reason that engineering services are necessary to ensure the Village meets the required timeline within the NPDES permit for the elimination of the Sanitary Sewer by-pass at the waste water treatment plant.

	_____________________________ JOHN W. SMITH Mayor/President of Council
ATTEST:	APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
_________________________ Malea G. Sanor Clerk of Council	_________________________ Andrew L. Zumbar Assistant Solicitor