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Pataskala staff to use emergency procurement after wastewater pump explodes; new utility director announced
Summary
City staff reported an exploded digester pump at the wastewater facility requiring an emergency replacement estimated at $30,000; the council also heard an administrative announcement that Jeremy Moore will become the city’s utility director July 7.
City staff told the Pataskala City Council that a pump serving the wastewater digesters failed and will be replaced using the city’s emergency purchasing procedures, and the council heard an administrative announcement that Jeremy Moore will become the city’s utility director on July 7.
Chris Rock, a city staff member, said the pump motor “exploded” around noon and estimated replacement at about $30,000. “We have a CIP project every year that we put $30,000 in for pump replacements. We hope that that'll get a pump throughout the year, but it's all gonna be eaten up on this one,” he said, adding that the city will use emergency procurement and notify council because the next meeting is three weeks away.
Rock said the replacement will likely take about three weeks to arrive and that staff will use temporary manual pumping and fittings in the meantime, requiring increased manual checks every few hours.
Separately, council discussion included an administrative personnel announcement that Jeremy Moore, currently a superintendent, was selected as the new utility director and will start July 7. The decision was described as internal; the transcript records the announcement but does not show a formal appointment vote during the meeting.
The transcript does not record a formal council vote to authorize the emergency purchase; it records staff’s statement that emergency purchasing procedures will be enacted and that staff will proceed before the next council meeting.
