HomeMy Public PortalAbout15545 Emergency Repair 064 (Syracuse 738) (13567)ORDINANCE NO. 15545
AN ORDINANCE, appropriating Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00)
from the Emergency Fund to be used for emergency repair in Emergency Repair #064 (Syracuse
738) (13567) in the City of University City, Missouri; and authorizing the Executive Director and
Secretary-Treasurer on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into an
emergency construction contract under Contract No. 21963 with JH Berra Const. Company Inc.,
for the aforesaid emergency repair services.
WHEREAS, the Executive Director declared this project an emergency on
September 10, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance has certified that there is an unencumbered
balance in the above-named fund sufficient to pay the obligation authorized herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. The sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) is
hereby appropriated from the Emergency Fund to be used for emergency repair in Emergency
Repair #064 (Syracuse 738) (13567) in the City of University City, Missouri.
Section Two. The Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer are hereby
authorized on behalf of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to enter into an emergency
construction contract under Contract No. 21963 with JH Berra Const. Company Inc. for emergency
repair in Emergency Repair #064 (Syracuse 738) (13567) in the City of University City, Missouri,
and shall be comprised of such other terms and conditions as are approved by the Office of the
General Counsel of the District.
Section Three. Emergency Clause. This ordinance needs to be enacted without
delay, thus creating an emergency within the meaning of the Charter, due to the immediate need
to repair the sanitary sewer collapse and overflows from the sanitary system. Accordingly, this
ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its enactment.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted on October 8, 2020.