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Council reviews sewer/stormwater resiliency plan; staff seek new televising camera, emergency pumps and operational SOP
Summary
City staff summarized a sanitary sewer and stormwater resiliency memo and presented operational steps including a draft wastewater-plant emergency SOP (triggered at third-pump activation), immediate purchase of two diesel trash pumps ($24,665.71) and a planned purchase of a lateral sewer camera (quote ~$462,000) contingent on financing.
City staff and outside contractors updated the Committee of the Whole on July 11 about a multi-year effort to improve the sanitary sewer and stormwater system, and the committee discussed near-term operational measures and equipment purchases.
Matt Reid of SEH summarized proactive capital and maintenance work in the City’s capital improvement plan and noted staff has been monitoring manholes, patching and ditching. Paul Christiansen of PeopleService presented a draft emergency Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for wastewater responses developed after recent bypass events. Christiansen described pump-status triggers: the plant normally runs on one influent pump; activation of a third pump signals a rain event that warrants earlier response and staff notification, while activation of a…
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