Committee ratifies emergency contract for two water-main failures at Howard and Nordica
The committee moved to ratify emergency contracting with Kenmore Construction for repairs at 1140 North Howard Street and South Hawkins/Nordica after two major failures; staff described a century-old main collapse and a 6-inch line break under a large storm sewer, both causing outages of up to ~18 hours for affected customers.
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Clerk read an ordinance ratifying actions by the director of public service to contract with Kenmore Construction without formal advertising for emergency water-main repairs. Chris (S12) described two failures: a century-old main near 1140 North Howard that caused a road collapse and required vehicle tow, and a 6-inch line under a large 48x60-inch storm sewer at South Hawkins/Nordica that needed shoring work.
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