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Approval of Budget Revision 2026-34 for Task Order No. 3 with Souder Miller & Associates under AGR22-67b for Potable Water Storage Tank Inspection and Maintenance Services
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities recommend approval of Budget Revision No. 2026-34 in the amount of $70,433.00, for Task Order No. 3 with Souder Miller & Associates under AGR22-67b for required potable water storage tank inspection and maintenance services, and forward to Council for approval.
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that the Board approve the motion as presented.
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On October 7th & 8th, 2025, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a sanitary survey of the water production system. On December 8, 2025, the DPU received the inspection report that identified 36 corrective actions. The DPU submitted a corrective action plan on January 7, 2026 to NMED with 18 of the 36 items already addressed. All deficiencies must be addressed by April 7, 2026.
A number of the remaining deficiencies will require contractor support to seal access hatches, repair tank level indicators and characterize and quantify sediment and debris that must be cleaned from tank floors. The tank level indicator repair and sediment and debris assessment will require a diver to enter the tanks.
The work performed in Task Order No. 3 will include testing the sediment to demonstrate there are no contaminants in the debris to plan how the material will be disposed. From the data collected in this task order, a second task order will be scoped and be executed in February to perform the tank cleaning and final tank level equipment repairs. Given the magnitude of the specialized work that must be completed in the short time allotted, we have received approval from procurement to proceed with the work as an emergency procurement. This is necessary since this work must be complete prior to the January 27, 2026 Council ...
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