TITLE
Consider a memorandum/resolution ratifying payments made by Building Services for emergency structural repairs at City Hall.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
Emergency structural repairs at city hall.
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Support Services
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On August 28, 2015, a large section of the concrete lintel fell from above a third floor window located on the east side of City Hall. Lintels are the white concrete bands visible along the exterior top of the first, second, and third floors. Building Services and Human Resources (Risk Manager) investigated the damage, determined it was an immediate safety hazard, and recommended that emergency repairs be initiated in accordance with the process provided by the City of Killeen Purchasing Policy.
The Executive Director of Support Services concurred and repairs began on September 1, 2015. Further inspection revealed water had seeped into the concrete over the past 92 years and rusted and weakened the steel rebar reinforcing the lintel. Inspections and repairs continued, section by section, along the third, second, and then first floor lintels. Material and labor were paid for incrementally using procurement cards and purchase orders, a total of 36 invoices.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
Repairs were completed on December 28, 2015, and all invoices were paid totaling $89,679.
Land Masonry, a local subject matter expert, was secured to perform the repairs.
This agenda item seeks City Council ratification of repair expenditures pursuant to the City of Killeen Purchasing Policy, Section VIII (Emergency Purchases), Paragraph (C).
FISCAL IMPACT
Emergency repairs of all exterior concrete lintels at City Hall cost $89,679. Building Services paid all invoices using FY16 funds allocated to the facilities maintenance account 010-2131-460.42-10.
RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council ratify the payments made by Building Services to Land Masonry for emergency structural repairs at City Hall.