1987-078-RES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on April 1, 1985, in Resolution No. 85-025,

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RESOLUTION NO. 87-078 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on April 1, 1985, in Resolution No. 85-025, award the contract for the 1985 Master Pump Station Reha- bilitation Project to Heritage Constructors, Inc.; and, WHEREAS, during the warranty period following the completion of construction of the Master Pump Station Rehabilitation Proj ect, repeated unexplained automatic disconnection of the variable frequency drive equipment which controls the pump station sewage pumps has occurred; and, WHEREAS, a continuation of this type of event is not acceptable from a proj ect performance standpoint and addi- tionally is not acceptable due to the potential risk of a sewage bypass which could result from the automatic discon- nection of the pump drives; and, WHEREAS, the contractor, Heritage Constructors, Inc. has acknowledged the unacceptable performance of the vari- able frequency drive equipment and has discussed the same with the equipment manufacturer, Reliance Electric. The contractor wishes to install isolation transformers on the electrical circuit feeding the pump station in an effort to prove the problem results from the power supply and not from the variable frequency drive equipment; and, WHEREAS, the city is interested in resolving the problem and does not believe the contractor should be held responsible for the cost of improving the quality of the power supply if it is out of range of normal industry standards and if it is, in fact, causing the service problem with the equipment, the city wishes to modify the con- struction contract to provide terms under which the city will reimburse the contractor for the cost of installing isolation transformers if these transformers solve the problem of unexplained automatic disconnection of the variable frequency drives and which further provides for reimbursement to offset investigative costs provided the result proves the power supply is outside of normal industry standards and is causing the automatic disconnect problem; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, That the contract for 1985 Master Pump Station Rehabilitation Project is hereby amended by Change Order No. 2 attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and the Mayor of the City of Paris, Billy Joe Burnett, is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the City of Paris, to execute said Change Order. Passed and adopted this 23rd day of July, 1987. B~b::!o'