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Clinton City hears costly options to restore 92-year-old Lover’s Fountain; staff to return with funding alternatives
Summary
Parks and public works briefed council on mechanical, electrical and structural failures at the 92-year-old Lover’s Fountain; staff said full rebuild bids are high (pump ~ $375,000, total project ~ $1.1M) and recommended exploring phased repairs, grants or nonprofit partnerships.
City staff told the Committee of the Whole that restoring the historic Lover’s Fountain will be expensive and will likely require outside funding or community partnership.
Parks Director Josh Yeager and Public Works Director Brian Lemke said prior work assumptions are out of date: a previous bidder, Fountain Technologies, went out of business, and Klingner Associates was the sole bidder on the latest solicitation. Lemke said the fountain’s piping, controls and electrical equipment are deteriorated and…
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