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Public works details three repairs, proposes two hires to reduce contracting costs
Summary
City public works staff described three recent infrastructure repairs — a buried irrigation valve, an illicit sewer-to-stormwater connection, and damaged irrigation wiring — and said adding two parks employees could let the city do more work in-house and reduce contractor spending.
The city’s Parks and Public Works staff described how they handled three concurrent infrastructure repairs and outlined a plan to shift more work in-house to reduce contracting costs. The presentation, delivered to the Parks and Public Works Committee, covered a broken 4-inch irrigation mainline valve, an illicit connection between a sewer line and a stormwater catch basin, and extensive damage to irrigation control wiring caused by a tree.
The details matter because the repairs affected public infrastructure in the Town Center area and highlighted aging systems and staffing limits. Phil, the city’s deputy director and operations manager, told the committee the team completed two of the three repairs the same week they were discovered and that bringing more work in-house could save money going forward.
Phil said the Douglas Avenue repair involved a 4-inch mainline valve about 7 feet below grade. Staff used a Vactor truck and hydro excavation for a safe trench and shored the excavation; Austin Hilton, a city water staffer, and help from North Bend provided parts and assistance. Phil said the valve assembly was…
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