Title
Dept/ Agency: Water & Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Shared Services Agreement
Purpose: Licensed Sewer Operator to be in charge of the operation of its CSO sewer system
Entity Name: County of Essex
Entity Address: 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Newark, New Jersey 07102]
Contract Amount: $ 1
Funding Source: City of Newark
Contract Period: For a term of one (1) year from the date of adoption by the Newark Municipal Council or until such time as the City of Newark has trained and/or secured a C4 Licensed Sewer Operator Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( X ) n/a N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1, The Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act
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WHEREAS, to relieve the City's waste water system during periods of sewage overflow due to heavy storms, rains, and snowfall melt, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities installed Combined Sewage Overflows ("CSO") into its Combined Sewer System to control and divert excess storm and waste water run-off into the waterways; and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") requires that the City have a licensed Collection System Operator of record ("C4 Licensed Sewer Operator") to regularly inspect and maintain the CSOs; and,
WHEREAS, the City recently had, but no longer has, a C4 Licensed Sewer Operator to be in charge of the operation of its CSO sewer system as required by the Rules and Regulations Governing the Licensing of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment System Operators, N.J.A.C. 7:10A, et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities is in ne...
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