Township Council Meeting — Packet

324-24 November 25, 2024 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, on April 30th, 2024, the Municipal Engineer received a letter from Engineering Consultant Mott Macdonald that conducted stormwater outfall inspections within the Township indicating that a corrugated metal pipe (CMP) storm sewer outfall warranted immediate repair; and WHEREAS, on May 3rd, 2024, the Municipal Engineer notified via a letter to Hutton Lafayette Apartments to repair the outfall; and WHEREAS, on June 3rd, 2024, evidence was provided to the Municipal Engineer from Hutton’s Lafayette Apartments Engineer of an Essex County filed map from 1949 that shows outfalls within a 10 ft. Right-of-Way to the Township; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Local Public Contracts Law, Emergency Contracts, N.J.S.A. 40A:11.6a the Municipal Engineer on June 3, 2024 notified the Administration, Legal Department and Purchasing Agent of the need to perform an emergency contract for this work which is above the bid threshold; and WHEREAS, on June 6th, 2024, Contractor conducts a CCTV inspection for the two (2) outfalls at Hutton Lafayette Apartments which revealed both outfalls to be in poor condition one at McClellan Terrace (Outfall Structure #1) and the other at Randolph Place (Outfall Structure #2); and WHEREAS, it was concluded that to expedite the work and to perform the emergency replacement of the storm sewer outfalls to protect public health and safety, an emergency contract was issued to Colonnelli Bros., Inc. who was readily available to mobilize and perform the work; and WHEREAS, the Municipal Engineer authorized Colonnelli Bros., Inc. to subcontract Colliers Engineering and Design from Mt. Arlington to conduct a partial boundary and topographic survey, preliminary constructions plan for submission to NJDEP; WHEREAS, an Emergency Authorization to conduct the repairs was obtained on August 7th, 2024 via email; and