HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 20 - ValvesMEMOTO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGER
MEETING DATE: MAY 19, 2020
SUBJECT: APPROVAL FOR THE EMERGENCY PURCHASE FOR VALVES ON
STATE HIGHWAY 26 AT FAIRWAY DRIVE
RECOMMENDATION: City Council to consider the approval and ratifying the emergency
purchase of replacement valves along State Highway 26 and Fairway
Drive.
FUNDING SOURCE: Funds are available in Utility Enterprise Fund 200 for an amount not to
exceed $144,850.
BACKGROUND: This item authorizes the emergency replacement of six broken or leaking
valves in the State Highway 26 corridor. These valves are on the City's
transmission main from the Water Plant and provide service to the
northeast portion of the City.
This work needs to be completed before the high demand pumping of the
summer.
An emergency purchase order was issued to North Texas Contracting,
Inc. for the replacement valves on April 27, 2020.
Staff recommends approval.
ORDINANCE NO. 2020-023
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION
OF $150,000.00 IN THE UTILITY ENTERPRISE CAPITAL
FUND; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine desires to replace valves at
the northeast and northwest sides of the Fairway Drive and State Highway 26 intersection;
and
WHEREAS, funding for the siting study for the valve replacement is available in the
Utility Enterprise Capital Fund; and
WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this
ordinance have been met, including but not limited to the Open Meetings Act and Chapter
211 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated hereinabove are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby authorizes $150,000.00 be appropriated
from the Utility Enterprise Capital Fund for the replace valves at the northeast and
northwest sides of the Fairway Drive and State Highway 26 intersection.
Section 3. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase
shall be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 4. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety
and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective
from and after the date of its final passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 19th day of May, 2020.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Tara Brooks
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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