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Thursday, December 2, 1999

Y2K Work Too Fast for Council

By Miguel Navrot Journal Staff Writer SANTA FE -- The push to get Santa Fe Y2K-compliant is going faster than the City Council can apparently handle. Workers with the Wastewater Management Division on Wednesday received the 13-ton backup generator expected to keep the sewer system going in the event of a power outage, be it from computer bug or other causes. Funding for the $900,000 diesel generator was approved by the City Council. What hasn't been approved yet is the $400,000 needed to install the generator, though work has already begun and is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 13. Finance Committee members heard the $400,000 proposal for installation Monday, about a month after work had already begun. A final OK isn't expected to come until Wednesday, when the City Council is scheduled to hear the proposal. "We have to get this installed by the end of the month," said waste water director Qustandi Kassisieh. "We're working under an emergency now." Furthermore, the installation project was not bid out, but rather given to subcontractor Gardner Zemke Co. of Albuquerque, which provided the generator. The additional funds for installation were tacked on through a change of order with the Gardner Zemke contract, Kassisieh said, and didn't have to be bid out. The move for installation surprised at least a couple of Finance Committee members. "I just don't like it when we do things this way," said Councilor Patti Bushee, who sits on the committee. "We had no choice whether or not to approve it." Fellow member Frank Montaqo said changes of orders on a contract are common -- unanticipated work comes up or a problem surfaces. He also said sticking with the same contractor throughout a project often prevents technical problems in the long run. "That's what they were doing. It's all legal," Montaqo said. Messages left Wednesday with the city Finance Department weren't returned. Officials with the Public Service Company of New Mexico have said they expect a "high probability" that local electrical service will be cut off for a few hours on New Year's Day because of Y2K problems. They have not ruled out the chance of longer outages.

-- Homer Beanfang (Bats@inbellfry.com), December 02, 1999

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[[Officials with the Public Service Company of New Mexico have said they expect a "high probability" that local electrical service will be cut off for a few hours on New Year's Day because of Y2K problems. They have not ruled out the chance of longer outages]]

I'm a little confused as to why this thread hasn't gotten any attention. This says it all....

-- Confused (Here@Home.Now), December 02, 1999.

Well there's a smoking clue if I ever saw one.

-- Nikoli Krushev (doomsday@y2000.com), December 02, 1999.

My hat's off to Sante Fe Wastewater Management Division for this 4th and 20 attempt! Plagues suck. Send that $400,000 bill to the power company for getting the town in this pickle!

Uh, so let's hope they also uh know about the embeddeds...er um.

-- Hokie (nn@va.com), December 02, 1999.