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USIC Street Light Locates - Contract Award
History
Whenever digging or excavation takes place on a property, residents or contractors contact J.U.L.I.E. to have underground utilities located. Currently, when those requests come into the Village, Streets personnel locate all Village-owned street light cables, and Utilities personnel locate Village-owned underground utilities (i.e. water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer). In order to complete these duties, a designated Streets maintenance worker in a dedicated locate vehicle with locating equipment and materials, such as flags and spray paint, is required. Along with marking the underground cables, the Village assumes liability to properly mark our facilities within eighteen (18) inches of each side of the wire. If something is mismarked, and the wire is damaged by a contractor, the costs to repair our cable is borne by the Village. The Village averages eleven thousand (11,000) J.U.L.I.E. locates per year.
Public Works has engaged in conversations with a contractor to perform these services for the Streets Department. US Infrastructure Company (USIC) is currently the locate service that marks natural gas, electric, and telecommunications for other public utilities. Since USIC would already be onsite, they have proposed a simple fee of $5.00 per street light locate, which includes all time and materials to complete this task. Emergency locates which have to be completed within two (2) hours will be at a flat fee of $40.00 each. USIC will provide the Village access to their ‘real time’ ticket management system which houses all ticket data and pre-dig photographs, which can be used for confirmation of markings in the event of a damage claim, as well allows Staff to verify as-built records. USIC stands behind their marks, and provides a restoration cap of $2,000 per hit in case our infrastructure was mismarked and subsequently damaged during a dig, as well as provide investigative services for ...
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