Tuscaloosa City Council approves pump‑station extension, fire‑station hood cleaning and a flood‑mitigation property buyout; tables storefront program

The Tuscaloosa City Council on Wednesday approved a 150‑day time extension for work on the Ed Love Raw Water Pump Station Improvement Project, awarded a $5,000 maintenance contract for hood cleaning at two fire stations, and approved the purchase of Lot 10 in the Edgemoor Subdivision as part of a flood‑mitigation buyout program. The council also voted to table recommendations for the Face‑Lift Storefront Improvement Program until its next meeting on March 11.

The extension affects Change Order No. 1 to the construction contract with Mark Johnson Construction for work at the city’s raw water pump station that draws water from the city reservoirs and sends it to the Ed Love treatment facility. A staff presenter said the project has been under way for a couple of years and that delays in pump equipment delivery led the city to request an additional 150 calendar days. “...our project has been going on for a couple of years now...the pumps for that pump station has a significant delay, and we're here to ask for the time extension of a…