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City staff propose electronic control valve to keep Highway 70 water tank full
Summary
The city’s engineering director presented a plan to buy and install a 10-inch electronic control valve to keep the Highway 70 elevated water tank full; a motion to approve the purchase was made during the meeting but no formal vote appears in the transcript.
John Horn, the city’s director of engineering, told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen the city wants to buy and install a 10-inch electronic control valve to allow more efficient filling of the Highway 70 elevated water tank.
Horn said Bartlett operates four water treatment plants and nine elevated water tanks and that the proposed electronic control valve will help keep the Highway 70 tank full during high-demand periods and as the area’s density increases. “We wanna do that through an electronic control valve that will be installed in the system,” Horn said, describing the purchase and installation of a 10-inch control valve.
An alderman moved to approve the purchase during the discussion. A board member asked whether the valve would improve pressure in the Briarwood area; Horn replied that it “isn't gonna change the pressure. It's gonna allow us to keep the Highway 70 tank full, which in turn will help everybody's pressure… but it won't increase it any.” The transcript records a motion to approve the purchase, but the audio record provided does not include a recorded vote on that item.
The engineering presentation framed the purchase as an operational efficiency and a forward-looking adjustment to serve expected growth in the Highway 70 corridor. Staff did not provide detailed cost or vendor information in the spoken record available in the transcript; the board will need the procurement documents and any required purchase order or contract for formal approval steps if the motion did not complete a recorded vote.
