Board Meeting Agenda July 31, 2014

AGENDA FOR A REGULAR BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
SCHEDULED THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014
at 12:00 p.m. – BWWB – WESTERN FILTER PLANT
CALL TO ORDER AND INVOCATION
1.
Request Board to adopt resolutions commending the following:
1.1
Employees of the Month for July 2014
 Finance and Administration Division
■ Cynthia Williams (Administrative Assistant IV – Executive Department)
1.2
 Finance and Administration Division
Human Resources
BWWB Health Fair
Name
Joyce DuPree
Sonja Patterson
LaTasia Sanford
2.
Department
Human Resources
Human Resources
Human Resources
Job Title
Assistant Manager Human Resources
Compensation/Benefits HR Analyst
HR Coordinator
Request Board to recognize the employees who contributed to the Western Filter Plant’s
AWWA Partnership Phase IV Award; and to present a commemorative plaque to each
employee relative to said award.
AWWA PARTNERSHIP PHASE IV AWARD
WESTERN FILTER PLANT
TEAM MEMBERS
Name
William Abercrombie
Patty Barron
Tyshowne Bradley
Ronnie Butler
Brandon Clark
Lorenzo Clay
Jeff Cochran
Jason Couch
Trey Finch
Derrick Gooden
Art Goodwin
Randy Goodwin
Bill Guier
Jonathan Harris
Tim Harris
Jeremy Hawkins
Keith Lind
Alex Kirkland
Gage McPherson
Jordan Mitchell
Kenneth Moody
Job Title
Operator I
Principal Engineer
PMW
Sludge Operator Helper
Sludge Operator Helper
Special Project Coordinator
Senior Engineer
Operator I
Training Specialist
Operator I
Operator III
Plant Superintendent
SCADA System Analyst
Plant Superintendent
Maintenance Supervisor
Operator IV
Maintenance Crew Leader
PMW
PMW
PMW
Sludge Operator
Plant/Department
Western Filter Plant
Engineering Department
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Purification Department
Engineering Department
Raw Water Department
Training Department
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Carson Filter Plant
SCADA Department
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Carson Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
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July 31, 2014
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Kevin Moore
Jonathan Postell
Bill Shikle
Jarrod Shotts
Derrick Stephens
Floyd Stephens
Jamie Urbanski
Johnnie Vaughn
Mike Walton
Julius Whitehead
Operator III
Operator I
Senior Operator
Maintenance Supervisor
Operator III
Purification Manager
Operator III
Operator I
Senior Operator
Operator III
Putnam Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Putnam Filter Plant
Shades Mountain Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Purification Department
Shades Mountain Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
Western Filter Plant
3.
Discuss Old Business
4.
Request Board to reimburse the Operating Account for capital expenditures for the period
ended June 30, 2014, from Schedule No. IV (Cash Basis), in the amount of $2,812,944.64.
5.
Request Board to approve payments of the following invoices:
5.1
5.2
6.
Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick, LLC
For professional services rendered through June 2014
$104,000.76
ARCADIS, U.S. Inc.
For professional services rendered per June 2014’s
Progress Report (June 2014)
$438,490.41
Request Board to award bids to the following:
A.
Electrical Repair Services, the lowest responsible and responsive bidder,
for a new 450HP AC Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor at Inland Pump Station, at an outof-pocket cost to the Board of $70,833.75. [NOTE: The Only Bidder to respond.]
NO OF BID(S): 1
B.
NEW VENDOR: Yes or No 
Venture Technologies, the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, for a threeyear renewal annual maintenance contract for the Cisco SmartNet data
communications, to provide administration of the Cisco SmartNet hardware
maintenance at an estimated out-of-pocket cost to the Board of $3,940.13 monthly
($47,282.56 annually and $141,844.68 for a three-year contract period); and to
authorize the General Manager and/or the Assistant General Manager to execute said
contract. [NOTE: The Only Bidder to respond.]
NO OF BID(S): 1
C.
MINORITY VENDOR BID(S): Yes or No 
MINORITY VENDOR BID(S): Yes or No 
NEW VENDOR: Yes or No 
B&H Contracting, Inc., the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, for relocation
of Water Board facilities in conflict with the City of Birmingham/ALDOT Project No.
STPBH-7201 (600) for installation of approximately 9,000 feet of 20-inch DICL pipe;
150 feet of 12-inch DICL pipe; 200 feet of 8-Inch DICL pipe; 100 feet of 6-inch DICL
pipe; 100 feet of 4-inch DICL pipe and related appurtenances; and four (4) water
services along Coalburg Road in the City of Birmingham, Alabama, at a bid amount of
$991,775.00, plus estimated cost of materials and labor in the amount of $977,697.78,
less ALDOT reimbursement totaling $1,280,157.30 for an out-of-pocket cost to the
Board of $689,315.48.
NO OF BID(S): 6
MINORITY VENDOR BID(S): Yes or No 
NEW VENDOR: Yes or No 
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