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Glendale approves emergency CIB-funded well replacement, hires Jones & Mill for design and construction oversight
Summary
At its Sept. 18 meeting, the Glendale council approved hiring Jones & Mill to design and manage construction of a replacement town well after a Community Infrastructure Board (CIB) emergency funding action. The council voted to move forward with design, engineering and bidding; the project timeline and some costs were discussed.
Glendale’s governing body voted Sept. 18 to hire Jones & Mill to complete design work and provide construction engineering services for a replacement water well after the project received expedited funding from the CIB.
The consultant said the CIB approved the project as an emergency and offered funding that would cover roughly 90% of the project cost; the presenter described the remainder verbally as “10% full” in the meeting record (not specified). Jones & Mill outlined design and construction oversight work and a bid schedule the firm said would lead to a loan closing after bids are received.
The firm’s representative, who identified himself by his first name as Robert, summarized the CIB action and the scope: pre-construction engineering ($62,000), construction engineering ($88,000), with the presenter saying “the total will be a 150” (as stated in the meeting record). Robert said the project will include a replacement well and a well house, drilling and on-site hydrogeology support from John Files, and that the firm plans two bid packages: one for well drilling and another for the well building.
Robert described the schedule and funding flow: the town should expect a complete package in about three to five weeks, a bid opening in roughly six to eight weeks, and a loan closing after bids are received. He said the firm’s first invoice would likely appear near the loan-closing timeline and that invoices are typically paid from loan proceeds and then by reimbursement thereafter.
The presentation addressed site, water-rights and water-quality matters. Robert said the new well was planned to remain within about 100 feet of the existing well, which — if unchanged — would avoid changing the town’s point of diversion for water rights. He said water chemistry testing will be done and that the design team expects water quality to be similar to the existing well but noted local geology can produce different results even over short distances.
A council member asked whether the project included a separate 8-inch line from Mystic Rivers; the presenter replied that it did not. After discussion, a council member made a motion to hire Jones & Mill and the motion was seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote.
The consultant and council discussed other town water needs, including a new tank in Berryville, which were described as separate future priorities that the town will address after the emergency well project.
The council did not specify exact voting roll-call names in the public record for the motion; the meeting record shows the approval was unanimous.
