Council action is requested to award a purchase order to the US Department of the Interior US Geological Survey (DOI-USGS) in the amount of $117,300 for annual groundwater monitoring testing and sample analyses for the Water Treatment Division of the Municipal Services Department. Approval is also requested for additional expenditures, subject to annual appropriation, for fiscal years 2025 ($145,300); 2026 ($173,800) and fiscal year 2027 ($164,900) to bring a total approval request of $601,300.

Staff recommends issuing a purchase order to the US Department of the Interior US Geological Survey and approval of expenditures in future fiscal years.

Since 1996, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has been sampling and analyzing the monitoring well network surrounding the Independence well fields. The monitoring wells provide early warning of any potential contamination approaching the drinking water wells. This agreement will continue collection and testing of groundwater samples from the monitoring well network for a three-year period. The contract will also add sampling of the monitoring wells for emerging contaminants per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This will provide data regarding the possible presence of these chemicals in the aquifer, prior to that water reaching the Independence drinking water wells.

The fiscal impact to the City is $601,300.00. Funding for the Courtney Bend Water Treatment Plant USGS Well Monitoring Project is included in the fiscal year 2023-2024 proposed budget, page 262, account number 4830-5220-614110. Cost allocation table is an attachment to this Council item.

Approval of this item authorizes the Finance Director to issue change orders up to a total of ten (10) percent of the original authorized amount, so long as appropriations are available.

The fiscal impact to the city totals $601,300. Funding (Water fund) for groundwater monitoring testing and sample analyses is included in the fiscal year 2023-2024 adopted budget, page 262, account number (4830-5220-614110) in the  amount of $117,300. Expenditures for subsequent years is subject to annual appropriation as follows: fiscal year 2024-2025 ($145,300); 2025-2026 ($173,800) and fiscal year 2026-2027 ($164,900).