To: Ellen Ellenburg, Public Works Committee Chairperson
From: Raymond Zanke, Director of Facilities and Operations
title
RE: Genesee County Jail Water Heater Replacement
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approve contract with William E. Walter Inc. for the replacement of the Jail water heaters.
BACKGROUND:
THA Architects Engineers provided professional engineering services for the assessment of the current needs and design of a new hot water system at the Jail. Based on their recommendations Purchasing put out to bid (24-391). An evaluation team rated each response and the scoring indicated William E. Walter Inc. as having the highest rating, they were also the lowest bid and a local company.
DISCUSSION:
Signing this contract will allow for the vendor to proceed forward with this project.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
4018-255.06-975.001= $1,024,000.00 with a contingency of up to 10% for change orders. A budget amendment is attached.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
Facilities will be the contract administrator for this process.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This will help facilities to provide a healthy, livable, & safe community by making sure we are able to keep our facilities running efficiently, providing safe working areas for employees and the public.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Facilities and Operations Director to authorize entering into an agreement between Genesee County and William E. Walter Inc., in the amount of $1,024,000.00 with a contingency of up to 10% for change orders, to be paid from account 4018-255.06-975.001, for the purpose of replacing the water heaters at the Genesee County Jail, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request, contract, and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the August 14, 2024 meeting of the Public Works Committee of this Board), the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of Genesee County, and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.