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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department authorizes $3,086,942.86 for payment of outstanding invoices for the watermain replacement work along Highway M-5 Grand River Ave from Berg Road Southeasterly to Fenkell Avenue under Project WS-714. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of April 19, 2023
Item No. 2023-84
Purchase Order 3064892 for payment of final invoices for WS-714
Requesting funds in the amount of $3,086,942.86
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary A Brown, Director
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Request for authorization to pay outstanding invoices under WS-714 for the Watermain replacement work along Highway M-5 (Grand River Ave) from Berg Road Southeasterly to Fenkell Avenue
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Gary Brown, Director, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes $3,086,942.86 for payment of outstanding invoices for the watermain replacement work along Highway M-5 Grand River Ave from Berg Road Southeasterly to Fenkell Avenue under Project WS-714. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND / JUSTIFICATION
On June 19, 2019, the DWSD Board of Water Commissioners (BOWC) approved a contract with Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) (MDOT Contract #18-5527 / DWSD Contract #6003039 )that allowed MDOT to perform watermain replacement work along Highway M-5 (Grand River Avenue) from Berg Road southerly to Fenkell Avenue, together with necessary related work, to be included in MDOT's project for the hot mix asphalt milling, resurfacing and other related work on M-5, which is under MDOT's jurisdiction.
In addition to water main replacement, WS-714 included taking existing watermains out of...
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