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Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to transfer $440,000 from the Contingency Fund to the Capital Improvement Fund to construct the permanent repairs to the granite panels at City Hall.
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WHEREAS, it has been found that there are problems with the integrity of the connection points on the outside granite panels at City Hall; and,
WHEREAS, Section 2.682, Emergency Purchase, of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code, empowers the Mayor to declare an emergency and to authorize any Department Head to purchase equipment, supplies or other services that are necessary because of that emergency; and,
WHEREAS, after consulting with the Director of Public Works/City Engineer, the Mayor approved the emergency hiring of Malas Engineering LLC to inspect all of the outside panels and any other related work to protect the safety of our employees and visitors to City Hall; and,
WHEREAS, Malas Engineering LLC has completed the inspection work and has provided the Director of Public Works/City Engineer with a report recommending permanent repairs that need to be made; and,
WHEREAS, the final written report has been submitted to the Board of Public Works and Common Council, and,
WHEREAS, Malas Engineering LLC has estimated it will cost $440,000 to construct the permanent repairs that need to be made to City Hall.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of West Allis that the Director of Public Works/City Engineer be and is hereby authorized to transfer $440,000 from the Contingency Fund to the Capital Improvement Fund Account Number 350-6003-517.31-01 for the construction of the permanent repairs to the granite panels at City Hall.