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Ci!z of Tukwila <br />Allan Ekberg, Mayor <br />INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM <br />TO: <br />Transportation & Infrastructure Committe <br />FROM: <br />Bob Giberson, Public Works Director,,, ,,, <br />BY: <br />Pat Brodin, Public Works Manager <br />CC: <br />Mayor Ekberg <br />DATE: <br />June 9, 2017 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Purchase Multi - Channel Water Monitoring System <br />ISSUE <br />Committee approval of the purchase of capital equipment in accordance with City policy. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of Tukwila's purchasing policies require all unbudgeted capital equipment valued <br />over $5,000 be approved by Council Committee and the Mayor. This multi - channel water <br />monitoring system was not listed in the Water fund's capital machinery and equipment <br />budget for 2017, therefore it requires Committee approval. <br />The Department of Health requires that systems must measure their water distribution <br />system's disinfectant residuals in surface water at the same time and location that total <br />coliform bacteria are sampled in the water distribution system, or once per day, whichever is <br />greater. <br />Previously, Washington State Department of Health approved a regional monitoring plan for <br />Seattle Public Utilities to conduct this monitoring on behalf of all their wholesale water <br />distribution systems. This approval has now changed and the Department of Health is now <br />requiring each wholesale customer to conduct the required distribution residual monitoring. <br />As the City of Tukwila's water district is a wholesale water customer of Seattle Public <br />Utilities, the City will now be required to conduct the testing. <br />ANALYSIS <br />The Kuntze Multi - Channel Water Monitoring System will enable automated 24/7 monitoring <br />and data logging of chlorine residual within the City's water distribution system. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT <br />The $7,704.40 purchase of the Kuntze Multi - Channel Water Monitoring System is within the <br />Water Fund's 2017 capital machinery and equipment budget of $25,000. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Committee approval to purchase the Kuntze Multi - Channel Water Monitoring System from <br />the sole source vendor, Correct Equipment in Redmond, Washington for $7,704.40. <br />Attachments! Department of Health 3/30/17 Letter <br />Invoice and flyer for the Multi- channel water monitoring system <br />WAShared Copy OnWattlnfo Mew Mufti-Channel Water Monitoring System 060915 gi M dxx <br />47 <br />