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Lake Placid board OKs $22,750 piggyback contract to inspect and paint hydrants
Summary
The utilities advisory board voted to forward a piggyback contract to town council to inspect, maintain, flow-test and paint the town—s fire hydrants; the work will be paid from reserves this year and is expected to be budgeted annually going forward.
The Lake Placid Utilities Advisory Board voted to recommend that town council approve a piggyback contract, based on the Town of Jupiter agreement, for inspection, maintenance, flow testing and painting of the town—s fire hydrants.
The contract covers about 350 hydrants at $65 per hydrant for a total contract price of $22,750, according to staff. "These funds aren't, budgeted this year. They'll have to come out of reserves, but moving forward, this will be an annual 1 that will have to be budgeted," the utilities director said.
Board members pressed staff for details about the scope. Staff said the contractor will open hydrants, check bonnet oil, operate the top operating nut, remove caps, grease components, perform a flush/flow test for ISO reporting and paint hydrants. The director said exercising the isolation valve in front of some hydrants and locating buried valves will likely be part of next year—s work. The contractor will identify deficiencies; repairs will be performed by town crews as needed.
Staff described a typical timetable of about two months for the contractor to complete the work and said a GIS-backed spreadsheet and a final report will be provided at completion. The flow-test data, staff said, will be submitted to Highlands County for fire-protection and insurance (ISO) purposes.
A motion to forward the piggyback contract to town council passed on a roll call vote with all members voting yes.
The board documented that the contract is a short-term solution to limited in-house manpower and that the town will need to budget annually for hydrant inspection and maintenance going forward.
