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Council approves $11,000 contract with Dixon Engineering for water‑tank engineering work
Summary
Sylvania City Council approved an emergency ordinance authorizing a $11,000 contract with Dixon Engineering to prepare plans and specifications for immediate repairs to three city water storage tanks, including an EPA‑driven overflow discharge modification at Burnham Park.
The Sylvania City Council on April 21 approved an emergency ordinance authorizing the service director to contract Dixon Engineering Inc. for $11,000 to prepare plans and specifications for immediate repairs at the city’s three water storage facilities.
Service Director Shaw told council the work follows Dixon’s inspection and focuses on items requiring prompt attention, with other repairs deferred until the tanks are painted. “The stuff that's in front of you tonight, is a proposal for $11,000 to put together the plans and specifications based on their inspection from last year to handle the stuff that's in an immediate need,” Shaw said.
Shaw said the most urgent item is at the Burnham Park elevated tank: an overflow‑discharge pipe the city must modify to meet updated Environmental Protection Agency guidance. Dixon will prepare contract documents, solicit bids from contractors and return to council with a recommendation for award; Shaw said council approval will be required before any physical work proceeds.
Shaw described the city's fleet of storage facilities as three tanks — two elevated and one ground level — that require periodic inspections and maintenance. He told council the work funded by the $11,000 proposal is intended to get the city into compliance with current inspection requirements and that the city aims to have the physical repairs completed by the fall.
Council member Marcus Hansen introduced ordinance 52‑2025 and moved its passage as an emergency measure; the motion was seconded and carried. Council discussed the city’s practice of passing many budgeted items as emergency measures, and a council member explained that emergency passage requires five votes because items are published online in advance and members have already reviewed materials.
Shaw said the city has painting scheduled for the tanks in 2027 or 2028; exterior logos and appearance can be decided by council during the later paint work. He said Dixon is a regional specialist in elevated tank work and will obtain competitive bids for the physical repairs once the plans are complete.
The council approved ordinance 52‑2025 as an emergency measure at the meeting.
