Title
Dept./ Agency: Law
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement of Civil Litigation
Docket No.: N/A
Claimant: National Water Main Cleaning Co.
Claimant's Attorney: N/A
Claimant's Address: 875 Summer Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104
Settlement Amount: $52,874.84
Funding Source: Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Additional Comments:
Invitation: Corporation Counsel
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WHEREAS, Resolution 7R12-a adopted on March 5, 2014, authorized the Director of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities (the "Department") to enter into a contract for an open-ended (as-needed) basis with National Water Main Cleaning, Co. (the "National Water Main"), for Contract 07-WS2013 "Maintenance and Repair Sewer Netting Facilities" for an amount not to exceed Six Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($600,000.00), for the period commencing on November 1, 2013 and terminating on October 31, 2015; and
WHEREAS, due to a misunderstanding, National Water Main did not commence work under the contract until January 2014, thereby delaying the start date of the contract by two (2) months; and
WHEREAS, as a result, the entirety of the work required under the contract was not completed by the contract expiration date of October 31, 2015; and
WHEREAS, National Water Main believed that because they did not commence work until January 2014, that the Department authorized an extension of the Contract due to the delay in the start date until January 2015; and
WHEREAS, National Water Main continued to provide services for the Department through March 17, 2016; and
WHEREAS, although the Department did not extend the contract date, National Water Main continued to perform and provide the Department with needed services; and
WHEREAS, the Department paid National Water Main for the services it rendered from January 2014 through October 31, 2015; and
WHEREAS, Nationa...
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