RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE INCREASE
OF CONTRACT #63-05SMC, WITH WHEREAS, on October 15, 2001, the Board of Supervisors resolved that groundwater would serve all County provided public water; and WHEREAS, Emery & Garrett Groundwater, Inc., produced a hydrogeologic report submitted to Fauquier County in July 1992 entitled “Groundwater Resource Investigation – New Baltimore Service Area – County of Fauquier, Virginia”; and WHEREAS, the results of that report identified thirteen (13) zones within New Baltimore that were considered hydrologically favorable for developing potable groundwater resources; and WHEREAS, only four (4) zones have been fully investigated, four (4) zones have been partially investigated, and the remaining five (5) zones have not been investigated for groundwater development; and WHEREAS, the exploration for groundwater availability in New Baltimore needs to be completed to support current and future public water needs; and WHEREAS, the Marshall Service District requires zones that are favorable to groundwater development to support current and future public water needs; and WHEREAS, in February 2005, a contract was awarded to Emery & Garrett Groundwater, Inc., for Water Resource Management and Consulting Services in the amount of $72,000.00, and subsequently modified to the amount of $77,500.00; and WHEREAS, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors appropriated $250,000.00 in the Fiscal Year 2007 Water Resource Management Program budget for the implementation of groundwater investigation; and WHEREAS, Procurement Policy Section 4.1.15 states that no fixed-price contract may be increased by more than 25% of the contract or $50,000, whichever is greater, without the advance written approval of the Board of Supervisors; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 14th day of September 2006, That the Board of Supervisors does hereby authorize the issuance of a modification to increase the Emery & Garrett Groundwater, Inc., Contract #63-05smc by the amount of $250,000.00, in order to accomplish the tasks set forth in Emery & Garrett’s proposal dated August 30, 2006.
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