Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Denton Municipal Electric
CM/ ACM: Todd Hileman, City Manager
Date: March 27, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider recommending approval of an ordinance of the City of Denton, Texas authorizing the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to a professional Services Agreement by and between the City of Denton, Texas and Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc., for engineering and surveying services relating to the Denton Municipal Electric Capital Improvement Plan; authorizing the expenditure of funds therefor; providing an effective date (File 5306 in the additional amount not-to-exceed $4,360,000; aggregating a total not-to-exceed $8,520,000).
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BACKGROUND
Denton Municipal Electric (DME) received approval for a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) for engineering and surveying services with Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc. (TNP), on August 6, 2013 with a not-to-exceed amount of $4,160,000. The contract was obtained to provide DME with engineering and surveying services to aid in development, design, and field support for approved Capital Improvement Plan projects. Exhibit 1 is a copy of the approved agreement. Funds appropriated for that agreement have almost been expended. Exhibit 2 is a summary of payments for work that has been provided and work remaining for the CIP. Exhibit 3 is a proposal solicited from TNP to increase the amount of funding for the contract and continue providing services under the same terms and conditions included in the original agreement with the intent of completing all projects contained in the CIP at this time.
By way of clarification, this PSA is not connected with the Denton Energy Center (DEC), and no work has been charged, nor will be charged, to the contract for services related to the DEC. The new Jim Christal Substation is a DME CIP project. The access drive into the new substation and power plant will be shared by DME and the DEC for access to their respective facilities. Costs for surv...
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