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City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />August 29, 2018 <br />Page 2 <br />D. The City would advertise the repair services at the beginning every year or two and <br /> select two to three contractors based on their quality of work and rate schedule. Then <br /> upon discovery of a leak the No. 1 contractor would be notified of the required repair and <br /> have 5 days to complete the repair. If the No. 1 contractor could not perform the repair in <br /> the required time period, the second contractor would be contacted, given the same <br /> stipulations. If all three contractors declined to repair the service, No. 1 would be assign <br /> to perform the repair or be penalized. The contractor would be responsible for the repair <br /> only, and not any restoration, as is currently the case with most repairs. <br /> <br />This new policy could save the residents the inconveniences of soliciting quotes for competitive <br />prices, delays in performing the repair and possibly save tens of thousands of gallons of water, <br />not to mention the possible damage to other underground utilities and structures. <br /> <br />I am sure there may be years when few repairs will be performed and years when the revenue <br />collected will not cover the expenditures for the repairs. Averaging the repairs and year should be <br />close to breaking even. At some point an adjustment up of down in the fee might be necessary <br />due to inflation, market labor rates or demand of services. This fund could only be utilized for <br />residential water service repair and could be expended more than once for any resident. This <br />policy would not cover the replacement of water services replaced as part of a capital <br />construction project. <br /> <br />Staff seeks Council direction in this matter. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_________________________________ <br />Michael Ulrich, Director of Public Works <br /> <br />NOTE: Staff would also like to discuss with Council the current policy of replacing all <br />impervious surfaces damaged, due to the residential water service repair. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />C:\Mike's documents\staff reports\WATSERV.doc <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />