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- ,' , <br /> ." <br /> COUNCIL COMMUNICATION FORM <br /> PURCHASING & INTERNAL SERVICES MEMOR.ANDUM <br /> #10-38 <br /> May 26, 2010 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager <br /> , Ron Neufeld, Financial Management Director <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor <br /> SUBJECT: Bids for Gate Valve <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding contract to HD Supply <br /> Waterworks, Ltd. to furnish two (2) Mueller 16" gate valves with accessories and bevel gearing. <br /> BACKGROUND: The 16" gate valves will be used by Water Services. One of the valves will <br /> replace a defective valve and the other will be put into inventory for future use. The new valve <br /> will be installed in the water main at the corner of West Grand and N. Fairview Avenue, and it is <br /> vital to the operation of the 16" water main connected to the Division Street water tower. The <br /> valve must be operational to complete the connection of the new water main from the water plant <br /> to the Division Street water tower. The defective valve was installed in 1949 and will be sold for <br /> scrap once it is taken out. <br /> Another valve like this was recently installed twenty feet northeast of this location. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Water Service requested the valve and recommends <br /> approval of the bid. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Keith Alexander, Water Management Director, 424-2863. Randy <br /> Miller, Water Services Manager, 875-5704. Randy will be at the meeting to answer any <br /> questions the council may have about this purchase. <br /> BUDGET: $13,300 from the Water Operating Fund. <br />