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Albany Utility Board approves equipment purchases, recommends contracts to City Commission
Summary
At its Dec. 15 meeting the Albany Utility Board approved purchases and recommended multiple contracts — including fluid mixers ($75,104.40), voltage regulator controls ($51,301.14), reclosers ($547,794) and a lift station rebuild ($493,707) — to modernize electric and water infrastructure.
The Albany Utility Board on Dec. 15 approved a package of equipment purchases and voted to recommend several contracts to the City Commission intended to modernize the city’s electric distribution and water systems.
Board members voted to authorize staff to buy two Ditch Witch‑compatible fluid mixing kits at a cost of $75,104.40, which staff said supply drilling fluid for horizontal boring work. An unidentified presenter described the mixers as "engineered together to work with the Ditch Witch" and said the kits "100% support the boring machines." The motion passed on a roll call vote of the board.
The board also approved the purchase of 33 SEL voltage regulator controls to complete substation upgrades, at a reported cost of $51,301.14. Staff told the board the purchase is sole‑source and that Albany previously secured a $1,000,000 grant from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority to reimburse the capital investment.
Members voted to recommend that the City…
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