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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Kurt Muth, P.E. Engineering Coordinator
DATE: November 8, 2021
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Awarding the 2022 Sanitary & Storm Sewer Televising contract to National Power Rodding Corporation of Chicago, Illinois.
PURPOSE:
The City of Aurora annually hires a contractor to televise specific sanitary sewers to detect any needed repairs prior to a roadway being resurfaced. In addition to the televising, a light cleaning of the sewers is done. This contract will be located throughout the City of Aurora but will primarily be utilized on the older clay sanitary sewers.
BACKGROUND:
Televising the City sewers is the first part of the annual sewer maintenance program conducted by the City. Each year, sewers are cleaned and televised if they are known to have potential issues or are under roadways that will be rehabilitated in the near future. This televising provides useful information to the Engineering and Water & Sewer Divisions that cannot be seen when inspecting sewers from within manholes or other entry points. While reviewing the televising results, issues are identified and the proper solution is designed and implemented. Solutions such as sewer lining projects, sewer replacement or spot repairs are performed depending on the issues that are found during the televising. Depending on the scope of the work, these repairs are completed by the Water and Sewer Division or are completed by contractors hired using the City's procurement process. This contract will also be utilized to televise and final inspect the storm sewer installed last year.
This proposed contract will televise the sewers under both the 2022 and 2023 preliminary roadway overlay lists. By doubling the length of sewer to be televised, the typical cost of this annual contract has also more than doubled. The City's pavement condition ratings were updated in 2021 and the City now has a preliminary resurfacing plan for the next several years. This will all...
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