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RESOLUTION NO. 53 <br />SERIES 2023 <br />A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT <br />PLANT CHEMICALS <br />WHEREAS, each year, the City solicits bids for various treatment chemicals for <br />water and wastewater; and <br />WHEREAS, the City determines the quantity of treatment chemical purchases <br />based on projected use of such chemicals for the entire year; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2023, the City selected a bid from Solenis LLC, and purchased <br />various water and wastewater chemicals, including a polymer product used to thicken <br />wastewater biosolids prior to hauling such biosolids offsite, pursuant to Purchase Order <br />No. 2023140; and <br />WHEREAS, for the 2023 budget year, the City appropriated and spent a total of <br />$120,000 on chemicals vital to the City's water and wastewater treatment processes; and <br />WHEREAS, chemicals purchased in 2023 included polymer product purchased <br />under Purchase Order No. 2023140 at a total cost of $99,000; and <br />WHEREAS, despite City staffs efforts to use polymer as efficiently as possible, <br />the quantity of polymer products purchased under Purchase Order No. 2023140 will be <br />consumed in the City's wastewater treatment process prior to the end of 2023; and <br />WHEREAS, without the use of the polymer product for the remainder of 2023, the <br />City's treatment process will be less effective in removing water from the waste stream, <br />which would increase hauling costs due to the added weight; and <br />WHEREAS, polymer prices have increased by thirty percent (30%) from 2021 to <br />2022, and 7% from 2022 to 2023; and <br />WHEREAS, the City staff anticipates needing $16,000 of additional polymer for <br />the City's 2023 wastewater treatment process, which purchase will exceed the $120,000 <br />budgeted for water and wastewater treatment chemicals, but will not exceed the total <br />amount appropriated from the Water and Wastewater Activity Enterprise Fund for 2023; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, for purposes of maintaining the efficiency of the City's wastewater <br />treatment operations in 2023, the City staff requests City Council approval to purchase <br />additional polymer product in the amount of $16,000; and <br />Resolution No. 53, Series 2023 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />