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Lake Placid approves piggyback contract for hydrant inspection and maintenance
Summary
Council approved a piggyback agreement with R&M Services (Town of Jupiter pricing) to inspect, paint and flow-test approximately 350 hydrants at roughly $65 per unit annually (approx. $22,750). Funding will come from infrastructure reserves.
The council approved a piggyback contract with R&M Services to inspect, maintain, paint and flow-test roughly 350 fire hydrants in the town’s system at $65 per hydrant — an annual cost of about $22,750.
Staff said the scope includes painting, flow testing and an initial effort to locate and document isolation valves, with valve exercising planned in subsequent years when staff time permits. The Regional Utilities Advisory Board recommended the contract and staff said the cost was not budgeted this year but will be covered from infrastructure reserves going forward.
Council members noted the public-safety rationale for ensuring hydrants are visible and operational. Public commenters suggested decorative painting in downtown areas while maintaining required flow-identification colors on caps; staff said that is feasible with precautions so flows remain visible to fire crews.
Council approved the motion to accept the piggyback contract and to budget this as an ongoing annual expense from infrastructure reserves.
