ITEM 4. 10
CITY MANAGER' SREPORT
AUGUST 11, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
ITEM: RATIFY CITY MANAGER' SAPPROVAL OF OUT-FSTATE TRAVEL TO GOODYEAR, ARIZONA ON JULY 30, 2025 FOR THE SENIOR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER TO EVALUATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
FACILITY
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution to Ratify City Manager' sApproval of Out -Of -State Travel to Goodyear, Arizona on July
30, 2025 for the Senior Construction Manager to
Evaluate Wastewater Treatment Facility
SUMMARY:
Consolidated Treatment Facility ( CTF) Phase 4 Expansion, Capital Improvement Project ( CIP) WW 25-6 (Project) is now under construction and includes the design and installation of new headworks equipment. Wastewater treatment headworks equipment installation is the initial stage where large debris and grit are removed from incoming wastewater. This crucial step protects downstream equipment from damage and clogging, ensuring the overall efficiency of the treatment process. In addition to being a key step in the overall treatment process, the new equipment represents a significant percentage of the total project budget.
The City of Goodyear, Arizona operates a similar wastewater treatment facility with the same headworks equipment being considered for the Project. On July 30, 2025 the City' s Senior Construction Manager traveled to Goodyear, Arizona to evaluate the existing headworks equipment. Staff request City Council ratify the City Manager' s approval of out-f- sate travel.
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION:
Observing the existing headworks equipment in operation provided beneficial knowledge to staff for the design and installation of the new headworks equipment at the Lathrop CTF. Pursuant to Resolution 00- 868, out-f- state travel for staff requires City Council' sapproval.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The total travel cost was $ 789 and sufficient funds were allocated in the adopted FY 2025-6 budget to fund this expense.
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Resolution to Ratify City Manager' sApproval of Out -Of -State Travel to Goodyear, Arizona on July 30, 2025 for the Senior Construction Manager to Evaluate Wastewater Treatment Facility
CITY MANAGER' S REPORT PAGE 3
AUGUST 11, 2025 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
RATIFY CITY MANAGER' S APPROVAL OF OUT-F- STATE TRAVEL TO GOODYEAR, ARIZONA ON JULY 30, 2025 FOR THE SENIOR CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER TO EVALUATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
APPROVALS:
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RESOLUTION NO. 25-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LATHROP TO RATIFY
CITY MANAGER' SAPPROVAL OF OUT-F- STATE TRAVEL TO GOODYEAR, ARIZONA ON JULY 30, 2025 FOR THE SENIOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER TO
EVALUATE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
WHEREAS, on July 14, 2025, Council approved a contract for the construction of Consolidated Treatment Facility ( CTF) Phase 4 Expansion, Capital Improvement Project ( C1P) WW 25-6 (Project); and
WHEREAS, the Project scope includes the design and installation of headworks equipment; and
WHEREAS, in wastewater treatment, headworks refers to the initial stage where large debris and grit are removed from incoming wastewater. This crucial step protects downstream equipment from damage and clogging, ensuring the overall efficiency of the treatment process; and
WHEREAS, the cost to design and install new headworks equipment represents a significant percentage of the overall budget for the Project; and WHEREAS, Goodyear, Arizona operates a similar wastewater treatment facility with headworks equipment being considered for the Project and observing the existing headworks equipment in operation would provide beneficial knowledge to design and install the new headworks equipment at the Lathrop CTF; and WHEREAS, the CTF Phase 4 expansion project is being overseen by the City' s Senior Construction Manager who has the experience and technical ability to evaluate headworks equipment, and
WHEREAS, the City' s
Senior Construction Manager traveled to Goodyear,
Arizona on July 30, 2025 to evaluate the existing headworks equipment; and WHEREAS, Resolution 00- 868 requires City Council to approve out-f- sate travel for staff; and
WHEREAS, staff request City Council ratify the City Manager' s authorization of the City' s
Senior Construction Manager' s out-f- sate travel to Goodyear, Arizona on July 30, 2025, at a cost of $ 789; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds have been allocated in the approved FY 2025-6 budget for this expense.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Lathrop hereby ratify the City Manager' sapproval of the City' s Senior Construction
Manager' sout-f- state travel to Goodyear, Arizona on July 30, 2025.
The foregoing resolution was passed and adopted this 11th day of August 2025, by the following vote of the City Council, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Paul Akinjo, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Teresa Vargas, City Clerk Salvador Navarrete, City Attorney