RES 2024-50 Confirming Contracts SDR and Tetra Tech AdoptedRESOLUTION NO. 2024-50
A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY OF
NORTH AUGUSTA WITH SOUTHERN DISASTER RECOVERY (SDR) FOR DEBRIS
REMOVAL AND WITH TETRA TECH, INC. FOR MONITORING SERVICES, RELATED
TO SUCH DEBRIS REMOVAL
WHEREAS, The impact of Hurricane Helene on the City of North Augusta
represents one of the most, if not most damaging natural disaster to impact the community;
and
WHEREAS, The Governor for the State of South Carolina declared a State of
Emergency for the State of South Carolina related to such storm on September 25, 2024 and
thereafter on September 30, 2024 Governor McMaster announced a request for an expedited
major Presidential Disaster Declaration that was approved by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency for thirteen (13) Counties within the State of South Carolina including
Aiken County; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Briton S. Williams, Mayor of the City of North Augusta
pursuant to Section 9-20 and 9-21 of the Municipal Code declared a State of Emergency for
the City commencing on the 27th day of September, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the City Code, purchasing requirements can be
waived during such times of emergency authorizing the City to enter into contracts without
formal bidding procedures; and
WHEREAS, The County of Aiken entered into an agreement with Southern
Disaster Recovery (SDR) for the purchase of debris removal in 2022 and entered into a
Contract with Tetra Tech, Inc. in 2022 for monitoring services related to debris removal, with
both Contracts specifically providing for political subdivisions of Aiken County to utilize the
terms of the Contract with such awarded Contractors; and
WHEREAS, The City has reviewed the bidding process used by the County at
the time that such Contracts were entered into and finds that said bidding procedures are very
similar to if not identical to those as required by the City Code for the City of North Augusta;
and
WHEREAS, City staff has previously reviewed the circumstances and situation
facing the City related to such debris removal and determined that “time was in the essence”
and that exigent circumstances required immediate action; and
WHEREAS, As authorized by the City Code, the City Administrator has
entered into Contracts on behalf of the City of North Augusta for debris removal and debris
removal monitoring, such Contracts being with Southern Disaster Recovery (SDR) and Tetra
Tech, Inc. for the purchase of expediting debris removal; and
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