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City staff report: annual street maintenance, Highway 6 water leak and pool work on schedule; wastewater repairs under way
Summary
Project manager provided a status update: annual street maintenance bidding is underway, a Highway 6 water leak under a storm box is being repaired, the city pool electrical and tile work is complete and on track to open this summer, and wastewater plant chlorine and SO2 scales have been replaced with electrical work finishing this week.
City project staff told the Navasota City Council on Monday that several capital improvement projects are proceeding on schedule, including the annual street maintenance project, repairs to a Highway 6 water leak, swimming pool work and wastewater plant repairs.
Matthew Joy, project manager, said the annual street maintenance pre‑bid meeting drew three contractors, staff plans to open bids May 23 and hopes to award the contract June 9 with work completed by Sept. 23. "We are looking to do the bid opening May 23. We're going to be trying to award the bid on June 9 and everything should be wrapped up with that job by September 23," Joy said.
Joy reported crews were actively repairing a water leak along Highway 6 that runs under a storm box beneath the highway. He said crews had installed casing, pulled pipe through it and were making connections; water service was expected to be restored within two hours of his update.
On the city swimming pool, Joy said all electrical work has been installed, tile work is finishing and deck coating will begin; a pump for the small pool and one pool light required replacement and those were covered from the project contingency. "I'm told they are still on schedule to open for the summer," he said.
At the wastewater treatment plant, Joy said a contractor has installed new chlorine and SO2 scales and electrical work is scheduled to finish this week; the city budgeted the replacements this year. He added that the biggest pending project will be rebuilding an older clarifier in the coming years to provide redundancy in emergencies.
Council members asked whether the plant repairs would leave the city up to date or whether larger projects remain; staff replied the clarifier rebuild is a forthcoming multi‑year engineering project. Joy also described manhole repairs on North LaSalle that will be bid to raise several lids above ditch grade to prevent inflow when the ditch fills.
The council received the update; no formal action was required.
