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Mounds View City Council August 27, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 6 for the adjustment made to the retainer fee. 1 2 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Stigney. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7987, 3 Approving a Legal Services Agreement with Kennedy & Graven. 4 5 Council Member Mueller thanked Kennedy & Graven for working with the City and for being 6 willing to reduce the retainer fee. 7 8 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 9 10 G. Resolution 7986, Authorizing Automatic Systems Company to Replace 11 Variable Frequency Drives in Water Booster Station. 12 13 Public Works Supervisor Peterson requested the Council consider approving the replacement of 14 the variable frequency drives (VFD’s) in the water booster station. He explained that Public 15 Works was responsible for efficiently operating the water distribution system in the City, which 16 included a two million gallon reservoir and water booster station. The reservoir and water 17 booster station were installed in 1968 and over the years have had updates. He discussed the 18 purpose and function of the VFD’s noting they were last updated in 1988. 19 20 Public Works Supervisor Peterson commented on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 3:00 a.m. the 21 pumps for the booster station failed. Staff was notified of the low pressure and started Well No. 22 5 to stabilize the system. The cause for the failure was investigated and it was determined there 23 was no control to Pump 1 as the VFD was not operational. 24 25 Public Works Supervisor Peterson recommended that the Council replace both VFD’s at this 26 time. It was estimated the new VFD’s would last approximately 15 years and would cost 27 $28,473 plus tax. A rebate was available in the amount of $10,000 through Xcel Energy. He 28 explained the expense was not in the 2012 budget but monies were available through cost 29 savings realized in the water tower reconditioning project. Staff recommended the Council 30 authorize Automatic Systems Company to replace the VFD’s in the water booster station. 31 32 Council Member Mueller thanked staff for bringing this recommendation forward and for being 33 proactive on this issue. She supported the project as presented. 34 35 Mayor Flaherty asked why VFD’s were chosen over soft start. Public Works Supervisor 36 Peterson stated this was the recommendation of Automatic Systems Company. He noted the 37 VFD’s would be installed and programmed by Automatic Systems Company. 38 39 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7986, 40 Authorizing Automatic Systems Company to Replace Variable Frequency Drives in the Water 41 Booster Station. 42 43 Council Member Mueller thanked the Public Works staff for their phenomenal work at Festival 44 in the Park. 45