Fiscal Note
No costs associated with this extension to December 31, 2011.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute an amendment to the existing MOU with the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin for the purpose of continuing to promote drinking water research that will help to improve the water quality within the Madison water system, protect the public health, and improve system operations. The amendment shall be for the purpose of a no cost extension of the MOU to December 31, 2011 (Citywide).
Body
WHEREAS, Madison Water Utility is tasked with the responsibility of providing safe drinking water to the citizens of the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, Madison Water Utility has conducted research with the UW Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since 2002 and wishes to continue that relationship; and
WHEREAS, Madison Water Utility is constantly looking for and evaluating ways to improve system operations, maintain the existing high quality of water, and protect the public health; and
WHEREAS, the graduate program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides an excellent resource in drinking water research that Madison Water Utility wishes to continue to support and utilize; and
WHEREAS, City of Madison entered into a three year agreement for the period September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2011 and that agreement has expired; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has offered a no cost three month extension of the agreement to December 31, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of Madison authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to amend the current Memorandum of Agreement with the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin at no additional cost to extend the period of the MOU to December 31, 2011.