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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Revision to CIP for Oil and Grease Receiving Station RESOLUTION NO. 02-470 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REVISION TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM (CIP) FOR OIL AND GREASE RECEIVING STATION PROJECT FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS,historically,local restaurant and food service establishments have used oil and grease traps to collect these wastes from being discharged into the sanitary sewer; and, WHEREAS, if discharged into the sanitary sewer, sewer line blockages occur, and additional maintenance is required; and, WHEREAS,local restaurant/food facilities have hired waste haulers to clean and dispose of the oil and grease wastes collected in these grease traps;however,due to increased regulatory review,waste haulers have refused to clean grease trips for local facilities; and, WHEREAS,to avoid discharges of oil and grease into the sanitary sewer system and the resultant problems,Water and Pollution Control(WPC)staff agreed to accept these hauled wastes at the plant on an interim basis; and, WHEREAS,staff previously identified an oil and grease receiving station as a potential project for the WPC Plant for Fiscal Year 2004;however,the situation now being faced by local restaurants caused staff to reconsider its priorities; and, WHEREAS,City staff is recommending that the currently approved CIP be modified to accelerate construction of an oil and grease receiving station and delay construction of the previously adopted WPC Plant Biosolids Storage/Thickening Project; and, WHEREAS,the oil and grease receiving station is projected in the CIP for FY 2003-04 in an amount of$115,000. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that revisions to the approved Fiscal Year 2002/03 budget and CIP to include the Oil and Grease Receiving Station are hereby authorized. ADOPTED THIS 271h day of August, 2002. �)?.� �_Z _ ...,� Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ted Tedesco, Mayor Introduced by: Wirth Seconded by: Goodhue Voting aye: Cross, Goodhue, Hoffman, Quirmbach,Vegge,Wirth Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 27`h of August, 2002.