The city of Cheney hopes to provide an improved source of water in the future through rehabilitation of its Well No. 5.
At its Jan. 10 meeting, the City Council approved a $43,842 contract, not including tax, with Specialty Pumps of Spokane to do just that. The work involves refurbishment of the pump equipment, along with disinfecting and flushing of the line.
The pump was installed in 2002 in a 2,134-foot shaft that was capable at the time of producing 750 gallons per minute. Public Works director Todd Ableman said the 682-foot deep pump was doing over 500 gpm, but has seen a recent decline in production.
“It’s getting worn out, and we’re now down in the mid-400s,” he told council.
The contract requires the pump to be fully operational again by March 31 of this year.
Council also approved the $81,096 purchase of a pair of dimminutors for the city’s wastewater treatment plant’s headworks building. The existing dimminutors were installed when the plant was built in 1994, and are specialty pieces of equipment manufactured by Franklin Miller.
According to the Franklin Miller website, dimminutors “provide automatic screening and grinding of liquid-borne solids with a straight through open channel design.” The units grind plastics, wood, vegetable matter and other solid, oversized items into a fine particulate.
Ableman said Public Works was asking council in approving the purchase to waive the requirements for competitive bids due to the specialization of the equipment. The city stocks parts for Franklin Miller dimminutors and has received training on the units.
Council approved a request from the Finance Department on a contract with Real Vision (RVI) to transfer its licensing agreement and statement of work from its current server to one that is Windows-based. RVI currently does the scanning of contracts and other documents into digital format for the city and transfers them to the city’s AS400 server.
Finance Director Cindy Niemeier said they want to “move away” from the AS400 and more towards a Windows-based server that will allow easier access to documents by employees while enabling the city to segregate public documents from non-public ones to allow for searches on the city’s new website.
Niemeier said transferring to RVI’s product will save about $20,000 in license transfer agreement payments. She added that non-public documents would not be included and would be housed elsewhere.
Council also approved renewal of an $18,606 contract with Divco for heating, ventilating and air conditioning system maintenance at City Hall, the Utility Building, recycling center, police station and Wren Pierson Community Center. The council approved receipt of a $1,275 Washington state Emergency Medical Services grant that will help offset the costs of participating in the trauma system such as equipment, training, supplies and staffing.
“It’s not a lot, but every little bit helps,” City Administrator Mark Schuller said.
John McCallum can be reached at [email protected].
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