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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Brian Katamay, Long Term Control Plan Project Assistant
DATE: August 24, 2026
SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to execute an engineering services contract with Strand Associates, Inc. in the amount of $173,000 for the design of HVAC and building modifications at the City's CSO Treatment Facility.
PURPOSE:
To enter into a contract with Strand Associates for the design of HVAC and building modifications for the City's combined sewer overflow facility at 400 N. Broadway as well as assistance in bid review for construction.
BACKGROUND:
The City maintains a combined sewer overflow facility at 400 N. Broadway that takes and treats excess sewer flow during storm events as required by the City's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit through the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. This facility was constructed in 1997 as part of the City's Long Term Control Plan to reduce sewer flow into the Fox River. The facility is owned by the City but operated by the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District through an IGA.
With the building systems and equipment reaching their end-of-useful-life, Public Works used an on-going professional services contract with Strand Engineering to perform a Needs Assessment in 2024 of the building envelope, building systems, and process equipment. The assessment found deficiencies in some of the pumping and treatment equipment, the electrical equipment, and the facility's heating and ventilation system. Of note, the building's air exchange rate for an enclosed space with sewer gases was designed per an older standard and does not meet current National Fire Protection Association 820 standards.
DISCUSSION:
Strand's quoted engineering services totals $173,000. The project is budgeted under account 510-4063-511-32.24 for CIP IB020. The CIP has a total budget of $2,000,000 for 2026, which is sufficient for the project. Funding is provided by the City's Long T...
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