08-14-87 Public Works Comm MinutesPUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
AUGUST 14, 1987
The committee met at 4:00 P.M. in the Conference Room, in attendance were
Chairman Ruiz, Committee Mernber Robinson, 1'ayor Kennedy, DPW Director
Haniter, Dick Brady, Street Superintendent and Ben Van Dyke, Construction
Inspector.
Bids were reviewed for the storage building at the City Shop area, there was
much discussion. The bidders were Wiggin Construction, Greg Bain & Company,
Swank Enterprises and Northwest Building System. After discussing several
alternatives, Councilman Robinson moved, Councilman Ruiz seconded and the
committee agreed to recommend to the Council to accept the bid of Northwest
Building Systems in the amount of $55,126.00.
DPW Hammer presented the subject of the new fuel system for the shop area.
He outlined the plan to move the fence to make the pumps accessible without
having to go through the gates. It would be a two card system. It was
approved by the committee to go ahead with the system as long as things ran
under the $10,000 limit If it amounts to more than $10,000, it will have
to go out on bids.
DPW Harmer brought up the question of the 12 yard dump truck. $50,000.00
was approved in the Capital Outlay Budget. Hamner asked that the committee
approve going out on bids for this dump truck. The truck should pay for
itself very rapidly as vie are now renting trucks for $40 an hour. The
• committee recommended going out for bids for the dump truck.
Hammer discussed the copy machine, $5,000 was approved in the budget for the
purchase of one. They have tried several machines and the one they have in
there presently as a trial seems to be the one they prefer. The one they
like is about $4,400. The committee approves going ahead with the copy
machine.
DPW Hammer discussed the purchase of of a vehicle which has been budgeted
for this year. He informs us that he has been looking at used vehicles to
stay under the $8,000 figure. The committee OK'd for him to go ahead and
shop around.
Hammer discussed the new CRF material that we will be using to maintain some
of our streets. This will be a seal coating operation using sand and the
new CRF material. The material is roughly 6 tunes cheaper than chip
sealing. It is not dusty like chip sealing is, the cost is approximately
$200 per block. We will be trying that next Wednesday for the first time on
South Woodland from the city limits to Woodland Avenue.
The secretary hired for the Public Works Department is Susan Steinberg, all
applicants were scored and she came out on top. Ken Hammer and Fred Zavodny
did the interviews.
DPW Hammer brought up the problem with the boiler inspector. There are four
boilers in the city of Kalispell and it is required by law that we have a
boiler inspector with a boiler's license. State inspectors have alerted us
we do not have a legal boiler inspector in the City of Kalispell and we must
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do so. Harmier will send two people to Missoula to go to the boiler school
to get this license. Evidentally the Hockaday Center, Chamber of Commerce
and several other places in the city have boilers and we must do this or
they will shut down those buildings. There was some discussion about
whether we should net a boiler inspector on staff or should contract with
someone else, such as the School District or the college or somebody that
does have a boiler's license. The coriittee decided it may be better to get
someone on staff to get certified as a boiler inspector. DPW Hammer and
Vayor Kennedy will check this out. The most logical place since we have a
boiler treatment plant will be for one of those individuals down there to
have a boiler inspector license.
The meeting was adjourned.
Ed Kennedy
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