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Arlington City staff ask council to waive bidding to replace sand-bound Haller South well pump
Summary
City staff told the Arlington City Council workshop that a pump at the Haller South wellfield became sand-bound and must be replaced; staff asked the council to declare an emergency and waive competitive bidding so a new pump (about $24,000) can be ordered, with a 17-week lead time. No formal vote on the emergency was recorded in the transcript.
Arlington City staff asked the City Council at a workshop to declare an emergency and waive competitive bidding to purchase a replacement pump for the Haller South Wellfield after the existing pump became sand-bound and failed, staff said.
The request came during the council workshop when Staff member Jim Kelly said the Haller South pump failed before the larger Haller South construction project begins later in 2025. "So it's an emergency. We have to replace the pump now because this takes 1 out of our main pumps out of service," Kelly said, adding the replacement pump itself is $24,000 and that the larger Haller South project has $1,100,000 allocated in the capital…
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