Boone council approves water-system upgrades, adopts plans for ground storage reservoir rehabilitation
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The City of Boone approved a package of water-system resolutions including plans for a wastewater-treatment ground storage reservoir and engineering agreements for generator, sodium hypochlorite building, new pressure zone and a north transmission main; council also approved a contract amendment reducing costs with SEH.
Boone City Council on its regular meeting approved a series of water-system actions that city staff said were identified through preliminary design and water modeling.
The council adopted resolution 3444 to approve plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated cost for rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plant ground storage reservoir. During the public hearing a resident asked whether the project was tied to the property tax levy; staff replied the project is not changing the property-tax levy and that tax-increment-financing (TIF) dollars will be certified to cover the notes associated with the project.
City engineer described four additional water-related resolutions. Resolution 3448 authorizes engineering design work for a new generator installation at the high-service pump station. Resolution 3449 covers engineering for a sodium hypochlorite building to provide required capacity and space to meet OSHA requirements for the disinfectant system. Resolution 3450 creates a new pressure zone and booster pump station to serve the Daisy industrial site and preserve required pressure there. Resolution 3451 funds a north transmission main to provide a secondary, redundant supply to the north side of town and support future development.
The council also approved SEH amendment number 2, which the engineer said reduces the SEH contract by about $165,000. The meeting record shows motions were made and seconded and the council approved each resolution by roll call.
Council members and city staff said the generation of these projects followed water modeling and are intended to improve reliability and accommodate growth; the city administrator said the expected revenue from the Daisy project should cover the additional project costs. "We anticipate that the revenue from the DAISY project will cover those additional, costs for those projects," the city administrator stated.
The council’s actions complete design-authority steps; staff will proceed with the next engineering and procurement tasks, and the city indicated projects will be funded through a mix of SRF/TIF and other identified funds as appropriate.