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Menands board approves $5,800 dive survey of high-service reservoir to locate leak
Summary
Village agreed to hire Atlantic Underwater Services for up to $5,800 to send divers to inspect the back chamber of the high-service reservoir after staff identified a continuing leak; board approved the expenditure by motion and voice vote.
Speaker 1 told the board that despite earlier work on the reservoir’s front chamber, the back chamber is still losing water and the village needs exploratory underwater inspection to determine the leak source. LaBella and related contractors proposed a one-day dive-and-survey at a cost of $5,800.
Speaker 8 moved to hire Atlantic Underwater Services to survey the back tank of the high-service reservoir for up to $5,800; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Board members said the relatively small inspection cost is justified because replacing the tank would cost an estimated $3–5 million.
The board directed staff to proceed with the dive work and to report results after the inspection. The mayor characterized the inspection as a cost-effective step to potentially avoid a multi‑million-dollar replacement.
Key quote: "The next the only other option is, is to replace the thing, and that's 3 to $5,000,000. So I think on grama scheme of things, if we save $5,800 worth of water, we're spending $5,800 worth of time."
