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Finance committee recommends $1.53 million borrowing to finish sewer CCTV inspections
Summary
Director Richard Raich told the committee the appropriation will complete CCTV inspections across the city’s 165‑mile sewer system to enable trenchless rehabilitation and reduce emergency breaks; the committee recommended approval.
The Finance Committee recommended authorization to borrow $1,530,000 to fund the annual sewer system evaluation and infiltration/inflow assessment, department staff said Feb. 24.
Richard Raich, director of infrastructure and asset management, said the CCTV inspections are part of an eight‑year proactive program aimed at identifying pipe segments that need repair before failure, enabling trenchless techniques that reduce cost and disruption. Raich said nearly the entire 165‑mile system has been inspected; the requested appropriation will fund the remaining inspections and allow subsequent repair appropriations to follow.
“This is that, sort of last contract to get eyes on the last sets of pipes that need inspection, so that we can possibly rehabilitate them before they fall apart,” Raich said. He told the committee the program has produced cost savings by avoiding emergency repairs and that the city expects to keep the program level‑funded for several more years while monitoring failure rates.
Councilors asked whether the spending level will be sustained; Raich said the city plans similar borrowing in coming years until the backlog is reduced.
