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COUNCIL CONIMUNICATION FORM <br /> PURCHASING & INTERNAL SERVICES MEMOR.ANDUM <br /> #OS - �3 <br /> October 3, 2005 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager <br /> Ron Neufeld, Financial Management Director <br /> Deborah M. Perry, Purchasing Supervisor��i�' <br /> SUBJECT: Lime Sludge Removal <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awaxding contract to S. Rebacz <br /> Trucking Inc. to furnish lime sludge removal. This contract is based on removing 14,000 tons of <br /> lime sludge. <br /> BACKGROUND: The lime sludge is a byproduct of the lime softening used in the City's water <br /> treatment process. <br /> The City of Decatur currently has a contract for lime sludge removal with Cornbelt FS. The <br /> current vendor is at full capacity for removal. <br /> The City does not want to be in violation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System <br /> (NPDES) regulation. This is an EPA regulation that deals with the environmental impact of <br /> preventing lime sludge into receiving streams of water. , <br /> This is a new contract in addition to the one with Cornbelt. S. Rebacz Trucking has provided <br /> the City of Decatur with the necessary bonding for this project. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: None <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Water Management requested the removal and wrote the <br /> bid specifications. <br />