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Gardner City utilities staff report mixed reliability metrics, outline water, wastewater and electric projects
Summary
At the Nov. 7 meeting staff presented third‑quarter and October 2024 reliability figures showing mixed performance and provided updates on substations, a completed Cane Street waterline replacement, a new Line Maintenance Building site, wastewater projects and CCTV inspection work.
Staff presented operational metrics and a series of infrastructure updates to the Gardner City Utilities Advisory Commission on Nov. 7, describing mixed reliability trends and multiple projects in design or construction.
On reliability, staff compared third‑quarter 2024 results with 2023. "The CAIDI in 2023 was 19 minutes; 2024 0 minutes," Unidentified Speaker 1 noted, and another metric rose to 76 minutes in 2024 from 40 minutes in 2023, a change commissioners asked staff to explain in monthly detail. For October 2024 staff reported a small number of customers affected (13) and several indexes near target levels; year‑to‑date figures were generally lower than 2023, prompting staff to say, "we're looking a lot better." Commissioners requested more granular monthly data to explain spikes in outage duration.
On water and wastewater operations, staff said they…
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