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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Pre-Litigation Settlement
Docket No.: Not Applicable
Claimant: Fontus Blue, Inc., 107 Ziva Drive, Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601
Claimant's Attorney: Not Applicable
Attorney's Address: Not Applicable
Settlement Amount: $70,000.00
Funding Source: 2024 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer/Fund 037, Dept. 750, Div/Proj. 7501, Account #71280, BudgetRef. 2024
Additional Comments:
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WHEREAS, in or around February 2020, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities ("the Department") through the City's Office of Central Purchasing, purchased from Fontus Blue, Inc., 107 Ziva Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601 ("Fontus Blue") Decision Blue software and licenses for water quality decision support software for an amount of $39,000.00, a one time setup fee of $21,500.00 and a remaining half of the then annual year $35,000.00 fee, of $17,500.00; and
WHEREAS, Decision Blue is decision support software which informs water treatment plants of the steps to improve water quality processes and issue, not limited to the highest priorities of the plant, being disinfection and disinfection byproducts as well as lead solubility; and
WHEREAS, the initial FY2020 payment for building Decision Blue and training of Pequannock Water Treatment Plant staff was $39,000.00, which covered a one time setup fee of $21,500.00 and a remaining half of the then annual year $35,000.00 fee, being $17,500.00; and
WHEREAS, the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant started entering data and using Decision Blue for water quality monitoring and treatment support in June 2020; and
WHEREAS, additional module modifications were made at the Department's request to Decision Blue in 2021 and 2022 to support disinfection and disinfection byproduct management; and
WHEREAS, plant operations benefite...
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