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Item No. 8C Type of Business: Consent Meeting date: June 23, 2003 City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works Item Title/Subject: Resolution No. 6040 Approving a Contract Award for the Annual Sanitary Sewer Root Abatement Project Background: On May 27, 2003 the City Council approved Resolution No. 6019, Awarding the Annual Sanitary Sewer Root Abatement Project, to Westco Environmental Services. Attached is a copy of the staff report and resolution. Discussion: As a requirement of qualification for performing the Annual Sanitary Sewer Root Abatement Project, the contractor must provide the City with a copy of its pesticide applicators license. After several weeks and several contacts by the City, Westco Environmental Services has not been able to produce a copy of the necessary license. The inability of Westco Environmental Services to produce a pesticide applicators license has disqualified them as a responsive bidder. The second low bidder was Duke’s Root Control, in the amount of $13,222.65. Staff recommends that the contract be awarded to Duke’s Root Control in the amount of $13,222.65. Duke’s Root Control has been awarded the Sanitary Sewer Root Abatement Project for the last three years and has met or exceeded the City’s specifications. The 2003 adopted budget has $15,000.00 allocated for root removal in the City‘s sanitary sewer system (account 730-4823-5160). Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council approve Resolution No. 6040, rescinding Resolution No. 6019 and approving a contract award to Duke’s Root Control in the estimated amount of $13,222.65 for the Annual Sanitary Sewer Root Abatement Project. Respectfully Submitted, Greg Lee, Director of Public Works