Loudon City utilities board authorizes sewer master plan, rehab contracts and raises natural gas rate
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The Loudon City utilities board authorized engineering and design work for sewer rehabilitation, awarded a contract to rehabilitate the Corinth Ground Storage Tank and recorded a natural gas rate increase at its recent meeting, council members reported Jan. 27.
The Loudon City utilities board reported several infrastructure authorizations at the Jan. 27 council meeting, including engagement of engineering and design firms for sewer work, awarding a rehabilitation contract for a ground storage tank and establishing a higher natural gas rate.
Council member McCardwell, reporting on utility-board business, told the council that the board authorized LJA Engineering to develop a comprehensive sanitary sewer master plan and to provide engineering services for the sanitary sewer rehabilitation phase 2. The board also authorized Johnson, Miriam & Thompson to perform survey services at the Roberson Springs Booster Pump Station property and authorized OHM Advisors to perform electrical design work for a standby generator at that same station.
The utilities board awarded a contract to USG Water Solutions for rehabilitation of the Corinth Ground Storage Tank. McCardwell said the board approved the same Section 125 cafeteria plan for utility employees and noted an adjustment to the city's natural gas rate, which the utilities report recorded as 1.82, up from 1.17. The meeting transcript did not provide units for the gas rate (for example, dollars per therm or another local billing unit) and staff will need to confirm the units and effective date.
The utilities board report also noted operational items and staff anniversaries within utility departments. McCardwell said the board discussed sanitary sewer priorities and authorized survey and electrical design work that will feed into rehabilitation bids and project delivery.
What this means The authorizations move planning and design work forward for sanitary sewer rehabilitation and associated pumping-station improvements, and they commit the city to a rehabilitation contract for a water storage tank. The reported natural gas rate increase will affect utility customers once staff confirms the units and posts an effective date.
What's next Staff and the vendor teams will proceed with engineering, survey and design work; the board will bring construction bidding and contract documents back for formal award and appropriation as required. Utility staff will publish rate details and an effective date for the natural gas rate change.