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Leawood reports completed emergency waterline repair; final contractor costs not yet available
Summary
City officials reported completion of an emergency repair and upgrade to a large city service waterline; staff said the work took longer than expected because crews bored through rock, continuity of operations exercised, and the contractor bill is pending.
City officials told the governing body that an emergency leak in a large city service waterline required an upgrade and that the work is complete but the final contractor cost is not yet available.
Councilmember Stoddard described the project as an upgrade to a large city service line after repeated leaks. “It ended up taking longer than we originally anticipated. There it was bored in and, it was almost entirely rock. So it did take us longer than what we thought,” Stoddard said, noting staff were able to keep services open during the repairs and that the event tested the city’s continuity-of-operations plan.
Stoddard said the city expects to have a final bill from the contractor and will present cost information to the governing body at a future meeting. “We do not yet have the cost, but we intend, probably by your next meeting, I'm sure that we will. We're awaiting the bill from the contractor,” she said.
Councilmembers thanked staff and singled out Public Works staff, including David Lay, for overseeing the project. No specific dollar amounts or contractor names were provided in the meeting transcript; the council did not take separate formal action beyond acknowledgments and the consent-agenda approval of related staff reports.
