Council action to issue Change Order #1 to Purchase Order 23000084 to Brenntag Mid-South Inc (Brenntag) in the amount of $40,000.00 to cover additional expenses for Anhydrous Ammonia for the Courtney Bend Water Treatment Plant for the Water Department. New amount of PO will be $70,000.00.

Staff recommends approval to issue the Change Order.

Anhydrous Ammonia is used in the water treatment process at the Courtney Bend Water Plant as a disinfection agent.

Blanket purchase order 23000084 was issued to Brenntag for the initial needs for the Courtney Bend Water Plant at the beginning of the fiscal year on July 13, 2022. Brenntag is the supplier of this chemical based on their being awarded a cooperative contract for Water Treatment Chemicals through the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC/KCRPC Bid 84).

Per section 8.06.004, Paragraph 4 of the City Code states competitive bidding is not required when purchases are made through a cooperative contract established by a government purchasing entity or cooperative. The cooperative bids used will have been established pursuant to RSMo. 70.220 or generally accepted governmental purchasing practices through the competitive bidding process.

Approval of this item shall authorize change orders up to an additional ten percent of the new total amount of the purchase order, provided appropriations are available.

The fiscal impact to the City is $70,000.00. Funding was included in the 2022/2023 adopted budget, Page 212, Project E (154160 -N - - ), account E (4830-5314) Inventory Purchases.