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Baldwin City council hears public works update on generator, substation, pool and water towers
Summary
Council heard a public works report on a possible purchase of a used generator, substation site prep and transformer arrival, splash pad control repairs, pool completion, multiple water-leak investigations and a pending internal inspection of the north water tower; staff raised a question about passing a sale credit to ratepayers.
Baldwin City councilors on the dais received a public works briefing that covered several infrastructure items, including consideration of buying a used generator and preparations at the planned substation site.
Speaker 3 said the substation lot has had trees removed and a transformer is due to arrive. He also reported that public works replaced a problematic foot-activated splash-pad control with a new hand-activated button and that work on the municipal pool has been completed and the pool has been filled in preparation for the summer season. Speaker 3 said crews have located three water leaks and are searching for a fourth, and that both water towers were inspected externally with the north tower scheduled for an internal inspection this year.
On utility billing, Speaker 3 asked staff whether the credit from the sale of the REX would be passed on to ratepayers through the power cost adjustment (PCA) in the month the credit is received and noted the need to add that question to the next agenda for clarification.
The public works report concluded with an announcement that the next public works meeting is scheduled for June 12 at 9:00 a.m. The report included no formal motions or votes; councilors did not take action on procurement or billing at this meeting.
