HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2017-27RESOLUTION NO. 2017-27
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR ERGONOMIC AND FIRE
SUPPRESSION UPGRADES FOR LODI ELECTRIC UTILTY
OPERATIONS CENTER AND SCADA CONTROL ROOM WITH
WMB CONTRACTORS, OF OAKLAND
WHEREAS, on May 7, 2015, an ergonomic study of the Lodi Electric Utility (LEU)
Operations Center was completed by PRNICARR Ergonomic Services Division, which Identified
a number of issues needing to be addressed in order to mitigate workers' compensation claims;
and
WHEREAS, the LEU Operations Center is staffed 10 hours per day, seven days a week,
and operators are often called to work additional hours on an as -needed basis when trouble
occurs on the LEU distribution system; and
WHEREAS, due to the nature of their work, the operators are quite often confined to
their workstations for lengthy periods of time; and
WHEREAS, the stature of the operators can vary significantly, and as a result of these
conditions, the study recommended a number of ergonomic enhancements, such as adjustable
workstations, ergonomic placement of keyboards and monitors., improved lighting, and better
accessibility to the LEU system status board; an additional workstation is also required to
accommodate all operator positions;. and
WHEREAS, adjacent to the Operations Center is the Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA) Control Room for the master server, which currently has a sprinkler fire
suppression system; if it were to deploy, there would be catastrophic damage to the master
SCADA servers that would prevent remote operation of the electric distribution system until
relocation to the emergency operations center could be accomplished. In order to preventthis, a
dry agent fire suppression system, such as Halon, should be installed; the water system
removed; and the ventilation system upgraded in order to ensure the dry agent, which can be
tonic, does not enter the Operations Center in the event it is deployed; and
WHEREAS, security upgrades are needed to meet current electric utility best practices;
although the Operations Center is secured by access keypads on the doors, the doors
themselves are over 35 years old and could easily be compromised; and a window to the front
office area needs to be secured in order to prevent forced entry; and
WHEREAS, a request for proposal to address the ergonomic and security issues for the
Operations Center and SCADA Control Room was issued on June 23, 2016, and a mandatory
job walk for all contractors planning to submit proposals was conducted on July 11, 2016; and
WHEREAS, proposals were received on August 1, 2016, with only one qualifying
proposal submitted from WMB General Contractors, of Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal impact will not exceed $300,000, with funding available in FY
2016/17 Budget Account No. 50199000.77020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby
authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement for ergonomic and
fire :suppression upgrades for the Lodi Electric Utility operations Center and SCADA Cantroi
Room with WMB Contractors, of Oakland, California, in an amount not to exceed $3170,000.
Dated: March 1, 2017
I hereby certify that Resolution No: 2017-27 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a. regular meeting held March 1, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Mounce, Nakanishi, and Mayor Kuehne
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Johnson
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NIFER : FERRAIOLO
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