TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 8/18/2025
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 9 - B
SUBJECT:
Title
Request for approval of Resolution No. 2025-112 Odyssey Manufacturing Company for Sodium Hypochlorite Solution at the Fisher Wastewater Treatment Plant in the amount of $80,000.00.
Body
LOCATION:
Fisher Wastewater Treatment Plant
COST:
$80,000.00
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
Water / Wastewater Fund
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Public Works / Utilities
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
"I move to approve Resolution No. 2025-112."
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BACKGROUND:
Background
Purchase order 250320 issued to Odyssey Manufacturing Company is for Sodium Hypochlorite at the Fisher Wastewater Treatment Plant and was originally issued in the amount of $209,000.00. Sodium Hypochlorite is used to meet FDEP standards for disinfection. Sodium Hypochlorite dosage rates are dependent upon filtration of treated effluent. Rehabilitation of the filters at the Fisher Wastewater Plant were authorized in March of 2024, however due to delays in availability of equipment and supplies, the project was delayed until July of 2025. The filters are currently undergoing rehabilitation to improve filtration thus reducing the Sodium Hypochlorite demand. The original time frame for completion of the rehab was the first quarter of FY 24/25. However, due to delays with the filter project the high use of Sodium Hypochlorite has continued. To keep the treatment process in compliance with FDEP regulations, additional funds are required.
At the time at which the purchase order needed to be increased, the purchasing policy allowed for this amount of approval without being brought before the commission, as this item was approved in the FY 24/25 budget. However, the purchase order did not complete the internal approval process before the June 23, 2025, Commission meeting. At that meeting, the City Commission rescinded the recently adopted purchasing policy, thereby reinstating the requirement ...
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