AGENDA MEMO
City Council
June 7, 2010
Issue Statement
A motion to approve a resolution authorizing the Mayor to contract with
Enviro Test Laboratories for the 2010
Chemical/Radiological/LT2 Water Sampling Program. RESOLUTION
The Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency has recently submitted to the City of Darien the 2010
Community Water Supply testing and schedule. 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.
The Stage 2
Disinfectant By Products (DBP) 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.
City staff recently
received the scheduled 2010/11 sampling requirements from the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency. The
Illinois EPA has also entertained a competitively bid pricing schedule for the
proposed program. Following receipt of
the ILEPA’s proposed cost schedule, a competitive quote from Suburban
Laboratories was received. Please note
that the City has customarily utilized the services of the State. Due to recent changes in the program, the vendor
associated with the State’s joint bid process needed to increase pricing. The labs and the City have the right to work
with a state certified lab directly. The
ILEPA will continue to provide the City a schedule for sampling required. Staff had requested an additional quote from
an adjacent certified laboratory. Below
please find a summary of the competitive quotes for the proposed 2010 Chemical
(radiological) LT2 Water Sampling Program:
TESTING
FACILITY PRICING
SCHEDULE
State of Illinois $11,313.00
Perry Laboratories $ 7,035.00
Suburban Laboratories $ 7,338.00
The FY10-11 budget
included funding for this item in an amount of $15,000.00. Attachment 1
is information regarding the laboratory procedures, required testing, bacteriological
laboratories, schedule of the Stage 2 required testing
analysis and methodology 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-
|
$7,035.00 |
$7,965.00 |
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Municipal Services Committee is requesting approval of the
expenditure in the amount of $7,035.00 for the 10/11 Chemical/Radiological/LT2
Water Sampling Program.
ALTERNATE CONSIDERATION
Not approving the Resolution.
This item will be placed on the June 7, 2010 agenda for formal
consideration by the City Council.