Item D23
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: Julv 19. 2006
Division: Airports
Bulk Item: Yes -X
No
Department: Florida Kevs Marathon Airport
Staff Contact Person: James R. "Reggie" Paros
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to pay Synagro Southeast, Inc. for additional monitoring
tests completed at the Florida Keys Marathon Airport Sewage Treatment Plant, as required by the
Department of Environmental Protection, in the amount of$l60.00
ITEM BACKGROUND: We received notification from the Department of Environmental Protection
that additional monitoring of influent concentrations of total nitrogen and total phosphorus would be
required effective April l, 2005. Synagro Southeast, as the wastewater treatment plant operating
company, was contacted regarding the testing required; they quoted an additional $20.00 per month.
From the period of Aprill, 2005 through October 31, 2005, the payments were processed under their
existing contract. In January, 2006, it was brought to our attention that it was considered an additional
test, and would require an amendment to the agreement. In the meantime, the agreement with Synagro
had expired and the Board had approved the request to extend it on a month-to-month basis. When we
prepared the agenda item summary to extend the agreement on a month-to-month basis, the additional
monitoring cost was included in the Total Cost/Cost to County as we were not aware that Finance
would require an amendment to the contract. Weare requesting approval to pay the charges that
Finance has deducted from Synagro's invoices, for the months of November 2005 through June 2006,
in the total amount of$l60.00.
Furthermore, we are in the process of obtaining new written price quotes for an annual operations and
maintenance agreement for the sewage treatment plant.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: See Item Background.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval
TOTAL COST: $160.00
BUDGETED: Yes ---X No
Airport User Fees
SOURCE OF FUNDS: and Tenant Rents
COST TO COUNTY: $l60.00-Mth Airport
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
K/A AMOUNT PER :MONTH~ Year
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
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APPROVED BY: County Attorney N/ A
DOCUMENTATION:
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DISPOSITION:
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Marathon, Florida 33050
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}'1arch 17, 2005
Colleen M. Castille
Secretary
NIr Reggie Paros
9400 Overseas Hi.ghway
Marathon, FL 33050
RE: Monroe County-DW
Marathon Airport
FLA014709
Dear Mr. Paras;
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that starting on April 1, 2005, you shall be required to monitor the
influent concentrations of total nitrogen aud total phosphorus and report the results to the Department at a
minimum quarterly frequency, in accordance with Rule 62-601.300(6) of the Florida Administrative Code.
Please contact your wastewater treatment plant operating company to implement this testing as soon as possible.
All influent samples $all be collected so that they do not contain digester supernatant, return activated sludge, or
any other plant process recycled waters.
The Department of Environmental Protection is currently implementing the requirements of Chapter 99-395, Laws
of Florida (LOF) which requires all sewage treatment facilities in Monroe County to upgrade their treatment
facilities in order to meet new effluent limits for certain parameters, including nitrogen and phosphorus. All
existing facilities must meet the required standards by July 1,2010, while new or expanded facilities must meet
these requirements at the time of pennitting.
The results of the quarterly nutrient analyses shall be submitted to the Marathon office as indicated below:
Report Type
Quarterly
Monitoring Period
January 1 - March 31
Aprill - June 30
July 1 - September 30
October 1 - December 31
Due Date
April 28
July 28
October 28
January 28
Please be advised that a professional engineer registered in the State of Florida will be required to evaluate your
facility, design any necessary modifications and submit appropriate permit applications. The subject wastewater
characteristics shall be used by your design engineer to detennine any facility modifications that may be necessary
to comply with the standards contained in Chapter 99-395, Laws of Florida..
Please do not hesitate to contact John Armstrong, P.E., ofthe Department's Fort Myers office at (239) 332-6975,
ext. 105, should you have any questions regarding wastewater permitting requirements; or Nancy Brooking at
(05) 289-2310, extension 107, if you need further assistance. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
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Synagro, your wastewater treatment plant operating company, is taking this opportunity
to assure you we are starting to collect these new "influent samples" at your permitted
facility. In accordance with these "Laws of Florida", these additional samples will be
tested and their results will be submitted to the Marathon office of the DEP on a quarterly
schedule set by the DEP and listed in their March 17th letter.
The new, additional testing will be billed at $20.00 per month and added to your present
testing cost.
Thank you for your attention to this matter and we look forward to continuing our
professional relationship.
Your questions and/or your concerns can be further addressed by calling the numbers
listed below.
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