Fort Lupton approves estimated $83,992.62 deposit for water tower power
A separate pump-station deposit was also approved. Both estimates may change; United Power will refund overpayments within 30 days after work orders close, while shortfalls are due within 30 days of written notice.
The Fort Lupton City Council approved an estimated $83,992.62 deposit to United Power on Oct. 6 for electrical service at the city's elevated water tank. The council also approved the mayor's signature and payment from the Utility Fund for a pump-station electrical upgrade; that motion stated an estimated deposit of $161,131. United Power completed the design and cost estimate for electrical service to the Fort Lupton Pump Station at 16280 County Rd 16. The pump house is at the 3-million-gallon tank site; water will be pumped from there to the tower, which will have no pumps, a staff member said.
“The amount is significantly more than the other one because it's 3-phase power at this location as opposed to 1-phase,” a staff member said. The pump-station agreement puts the estimated deposit at $161,100.31. That includes $155,600.31 in construction costs, a $5,000 plant investment fee and a $3,000 metering charge, less a $2,500 application and design fee.
The elevated-tank action memorandum says its electrical-service expense will be covered by contingencies in the current State Revolving Fund construction loan. The pump-station memorandum says that expense will be covered the same way. The pump-station expense is covered in the construction project's contingency budget, a staff member said.
United Power's agreements say both deposits are estimates that may change with new information, revised plans, weather delays, traffic-control constraints, permitting requirements or change orders not included in the initial estimate. Once each work order closes, United Power will compare actual costs with the deposit and refund any overpayment within 30 days. Fort Lupton must pay any shortfall or change-order amount within 30 days of written notice.