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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
November 10, 2015
TO: FINANCE COMMITTEE
VIA: ROGER S. BAILEY, GENERAL MANAGER
DAVID HEATH, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION bW-
FROM: THEA VASSALLO, FINANCE MANAGER V
SUBJECT: INFORMATION REQUESTED ON EXPENDITURES
At the October 27, 2015 Finance Committee meeting, the Committee requested
additional information on multiple expenditures. Below are staff's responses.
Check #206711 dated 9/24/15 for $3,725.00 to Locus Technologies
Per Associate Engineer Rita Cheng, the District is required to submit annual reports of
the Treatment Plant's greenhouse gas inventory to the California Air Resources Board
(ARB). The annual greenhouse gas inventory is subject to third -party verification by an
ARB- accredited Verifier to ensure accuracy and conformance with state
regulations. Locus Technologies, Inc. conducted the verification of the Reporting Year
2014 greenhouse gas inventory.
Check #206766 dated 10/1/15 for $3,806.25 to Ampteks, Inc.
According to Plant Maintenance Superintendent Dave Robbins, the expenditure was to
repair, test, and provide a report for an electrical breaker. Assistant Engineer Mark
Cavallero stated that staff could have repaired the breaker in house, but it was likely to
require more time and effort than sending it out for repair. Also, staff had not
experienced this type of failure.
While in service, the breaker had a wiring harness burn up at the trip unit. Staff required
a failure analysis since this was an unheard -of failure, replacement of damaged parts,
an investigation into any hidden damage, and testing. Ampteks does this type of work
every day and has easy access to suppliers of the parts. Since this is a safety item and
staff had not experienced this type of failure before, staff thought it best to send the
breaker out for repair. Upon return of the breaker, staff did acceptance testing.
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