City Council

15. Purchases Related to the Fall 2025 Malburg Generating Station (MGS)\nPlanned Outage\nRecommendation:\nA. Find that the proposed action is categorically exempt from the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) review, in accordance with CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15301, because the project consists of the\nmaintenance, repair or minor alteration of an existing facility and involves\nnegligible or no expansion of an existing use;\nB. Approve and authorize the issuance of a purchase order (PO) with\nSiemens Energy, Inc., for the purchase of steam turbine generator parts for\na total amount not-to-exceed $535,861.68;\nC. Authorize a contingency amount of fifteen percent (15%) or $80,379.25\nin the event of unforeseen expenses and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to approve the issuance of change orders to the PO for steam\nturbine generator parts, up to the contingency amount, if necessary;\nD. Approve and authorize the issuance of a PO with Siemens Energy, Inc.,\nfor the purchase of replacement valve seats for a total amount not-to-\nexceed $387,249.63;\nE. Authorize a contingency amount of fifteen percent (15%) or $58,087.44\nin the event of unforeseen expenses and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to approve the issuance of change orders to the PO for\nreplacement valve seats, up to the contingency amount, if necessary;\nF. Approve and authorize the issuance of a PO with Siemens Energy, Inc.,\nfor the installation of new high-pressure (HP) and low-pressure (LP) steam\nstrainers and the redesign of the Emergency Stop Valve for a total amount\nnot-to-exceed $325,545;\nG. Authorize a contingency amount of twenty percent (20%) or $65,109 in\nthe event of unforeseen expenses and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to approve the issuance of change orders to the PO for HP &\nLP steam strainer installations and redesign of the Emergency Stop Valve,\nup to the contingency amount, if necessary;\nH. Approve and authorize the issuance of a PO with First Global Gear\nServices LLC, for the purchase of gearbox bearings for a total amount not-\nto-exceed $116,708.42; and\nI. Authorize a contingency amount of fifteen percent (15%) or $17,506.26 in\nthe event of unforeseen expenses and grant authority to the City\nAdministrator to approve issuance of change orders to the PO for gearbox\nbearings, up to the contingency amount, if necessary.