AGENDA MEMO
City Council
Meeting Date: May 17,
2010
Issue Statement
A
motion to approve a resolution authorizing the Mayor to contract with the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for the 2010 Chemical/Radiological/LT2
Water Sampling Program in the amount of $11,312.72. RESOLUTION
The Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency has recently submitted to the City of Darien the 2010
Community Water Supply testing and pricing schedule. Please recall in 2007 the United
States Environmental Protection Agency had passed on to all community water
supplies a mandate requiring us to perform specified analytical water sampling.
This is the 4th year of the program and while costs were not known
until recently the overall cost is in
line with the budget estimate.
The Stage 2DBP rule is
intended to reduce potential cancer and reproductive and developmental health
risks from disinfection byproducts in drinking water, which form when
disinfectants are used to control microbial pathogen. The final rule strengthens
public health protection for customers of systems that deliver disinfected
water by requiring such systems to meet the maximum contaminant levels as an
average at each monitoring location. The mandate will reduce DPB exposure and
related potential healths risks and provide more equitable public health
protection. The rule will further evaluate early warning potential of Maximum Contaminant
Levels (MCL), and will allow the system to take proactive steps to remain in
compliance.
The cost for the 2010 schedule
was recently made available to the City of Darien on May 6, 2010. The FY10-11
budget included funding for this item in an amount of $15,000.00. The State awards
contracts with local state certified laboratories to allow municipalities to
forward coliform samples to them. Staff proposes
utilizing the services of Enviro-Test Laboratories for submitting 396
bacteriological samples at the State negotiated price of $9.50 per sample and
participates with the additional testing as administered through the Illinois
EPA Program. Attachment 1 is information
regarding the laboratory procedures, required testing, bacteriological
laboratories, schedule of the Stage 2 required testing analysis, method,
pricing, approved schedule and cost for the City of Darien, for the period of
July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. The proposed expenditure would be expended
from the following account:
|
ACCOUNT NUMBER |
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION |
FY 10/11 BUDGET |
YEAR TO DATE EXPENDED |
PROPOSED EXPENDITURE |
BUDGET BALANCE |
|
02-50-4241 |
QUALITY CONTROL |
$15,000.00 |
$ -0-
|
$11,312.742 |
$3,687.28 |
STAFF/COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION
Staff
is requesting consideration for approval of the expenditure in the amount of $11,312.72
for the 10/11 Chemical/Radiological/LT2 Water Sampling Program. Due to the
States deadline of May 31, 2010, this item has been placed on the City Council
Agenda for May 17, 2010. This item was not reviewed by the Committee due to
timing and scheduling constraints.
ALTERNATE CONSIDERATION
As
Recommended by City Council
This
item will be placed on the May 17, 2010 agenda for formal consideration by the
City Council.