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HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000006_pg076PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE, COUNCIL VILLAGE OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 000076 The regiilar:in siting of the Mounds View - Village Council ^waa, called to order by Mayor Crane at 8:00 P.L. June 26th, 1961 at the Red Oak School, Sherwood Rd. and Red Oak Dr., Minneapolis, Minnesota." Present were: Mayor! Allan B. Crane Clerk: Lloyd J. Blanchard Administrative Clerk: Paul Boog Trustees: Melford Christensen Perry Malvin Donald Hodges Attorney: Richard Meyers Engineer: Les Knutson Public Works Supt: Halter Skiba Motion by Hodges to approve minutes of June 12th meeting as presented. Seconded by Malvin. 5 Ayes for approval. Motion by Blanchard to accept the low bid for the water filtration plant from D.'T. Hickey Company in the amount of 4+4,660.00 Seconded by Hodges. The Council, Engineer, and Attorney discussed -.at great lengths the pros and cons of the motion. The-opinion of the t -. Q low c 1' citizen's were presented. The Engineers explained their views as follows: Mechanical. Equipment - hounds View Water Filtration Plant Regarding the bids for the above mentioned project, we deem it advisable to inform . the council of certain facts concerning the equipment as bid by the low bidder, Turbomatic Co, , D.U. Hicke Co. equipment, and that of the second bidder the Layne - Minnesota Co., General Filter Corp. equipment. The bid of the Turbomatic Co. was in the amount of 344,660 for' equipment which was an alternate to that proposed in the base bid.`.:: This equipment cannot be con - strued to be comparable to that of the base bid due to the follow- ing features: 1. The piping arrangement of the raw water line is such that the flow to tie individual cells cannot be separately controlled. The raw water line itself within the tank is calibrated for a 1,000 gallon per minute flow. Should the rate of flow be in- creased to 1,200 gal. or reduced to 800 gal. per minute, this calibration would not equally distribute the water to the res- pective individual cells. 2. The under drain system is connected in the manner which makes it mandatory to back wash the entire unit rather than by an individual cell basis as proposed in the base bid. Should it be necessary to back wah the unit with filtered water, the additional cost over a 25 year period will approach >9,000. in power alone.