HomeMy WebLinkAbout031793 RES - 06/18/2019 Resolution authorizing the purchase of a thirty-day supply of three coagulant
chemicals for a pilot program (with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
concurrence) aimed at reducing the overall cost of water treatment; with
Brenntag Southwest, Inc. of Houston, Texas for $72,161.28; with Chemtrade
Chemicals US, LLC of Parsippany, New Jersey for $69,662.00; and with Geo
Specialty Chemicals for $49,999.00 for a total of$191,822.28 funded through the
Water Fund.
WHEREAS, Brenntag Southwest, Inc, Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC and Geo
Specialty Chemicals will provide coagulant chemicals known as Polyaluminum and
Aluminum Chloride for water testing purposes at the O.N. Stevens Water Treatment
Plant;
WHEREAS, these chemicals are being tested as an alternative to the current
chemicals being used to reduce the cost of water treatment; with Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality approval;
WHEREAS, State law provides that such procurements, as outlined above, are
subject to statutory procurement requirements, including competitive bids, unless an
exception applies;
WHEREAS, exceptions for this procurement exist in Local Government Code,
Section 252.022(a) (2), as this purchase is necessary to preserve or protect the public
health and safety of the municipality's residents, and it is necessary for the City to
purchase sample of chemicals from all approved chemical vendors to perform testing of
the chemicals before a formal purchase can be made.
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council specifically finds that the foregoing statements included in
the preamble of this resolution are true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents
and purposes related to the authorization of this procurement.
Section 2. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to purchase coagulant chemicals
from Brenntag Southwest, Inc, Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC and Geo Specialty
Chemicals, necessary for testing purposes and to protect the public health and safety of
the City's residents, for a total amount not to exceed $191,822.28.
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Joe McComb kt,
Roland Barrera /19sev-t
Rudy Garza //7-(
Paulette M. Guajardo
Gil Hernandez ,dye'
Michael Hunter
Ben Molina
Everett Roy -�
Greg Smith Aye
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Rebecca Huerta Joe M omb
City Secretary Mayo
Corpus Christi, Texas
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that
the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation
or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from
which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments
are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: June 18, 2019 Legistar Number: 19-0812
Agenda Item:
Resolution authorizing the purchase of a thirty-day supply of three coagulant chemicals for a
pilot program (with Texas Commission of Environmental Quality concurrence) aimed at
reducing the overall cost of water treatment; with Brenntag Southwest Inc. of Houston, Texas
for $72,161.28; with Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC of Parsippany New Jersey for $69,662.00;
and with Geo Specialty Chemicals for $49,999.00 for a total of $191,822.28 funded through the
Water Fund.
Amount Required: $191,822.28
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount
Water 4010-31010-062 520010 n/a $191,822.28
Total $191,822.28
❑ Certification Not Required
'U'vw Director of Financial Services
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