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Durant approves $87,000 valve insertion kit and $325,000 compactors to speed water repairs and replace landfill equipment
Summary
Council approved a capital purchase of a valve insertion/service kit (lowest bid $87,000) to allow crews to insert valves on live water lines and awarded a separate $325,000 contract for replacement compactors at the landfill; both awards were made after staff described bids and operational benefits.
Durant — City staff told the Durant City Council that a valve insertion and service kit would let crews insert a valve into a live water main to isolate and repair leaks without draining large parts of the system, and the council voted to approve the purchase at the lowest bid of $87,000.
Public works staff member Mister Hightower described the equipment and its intended use: "We would be able to insert a valve in a water line that is hot... within an hour and a half, you can have a valve in that line where you…
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