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Tipton Utility board hears updates on water resilience, CSO performance and infrastructure projects
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Summary
Board members heard updates April 20 on the utility's emergency response plan, CSO capture (just under 89%), a wastewater-reuse ordinance sent to IDEM, pump installations at Tipton Terrace, filter-bottom replacement estimates and local development prospects including a Speedway and a potential car wash site.
At its April 20 meeting, the Tipton Utility Service Board heard several operational updates on water and wastewater systems and local development prospects.
The general manager reported completion of the five-year emergency response and risk resilience assessment (RRA) with Wesler Engineering; hard-copy plans are on file and the next scheduled update is five years out. He also said the annual CSO (combined sewer overflow) capture letter was sent to a recipient referenced in the transcript as "IBM," and that the utility exceeded its 2010 capture goal of 88%, recording just under 89% capture for the year.
The board discussed a wastewater-reuse ordinance update that has been submitted to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for review; the manager said IDEM staff are busy in April and that feedback is expected in May, with minor edits anticipated to align the ordinance with the facility's permit.
On capital projects, the board heard that new lift-station pumps were installed at Tipton Terrace in a $45,000$50,000 range; the slightly newer Tipton Terrace pumps are scheduled to be moved to the Hill Street Lift Station. The manager said upcoming invoices will appear in the board packet in the next weeks. He also reported the west filter bottoms are 15 years old, and preliminary vendor estimates are likely to exceed $100,000; the board discussed scheduling work now while the plant can isolate one filter at a time.
Regarding local development, the manager said a contractor plans to begin construction in early May on a Speedway gas station at Camel Crossing and expects pumps to be online by year-end; the utility has water and sewer available there but not electrical service (Duke Energy provides electrical service). The utility is also pursuing a variance from the seller of a property the utility purchased (the transcript refers to it as the Swifty property) that the board views as a potential car-wash site; corporate sign-off from an out-of-state office is pending and negotiations have been quiet for two to three months. Finally, the manager said a developer has indicated interest in a County Road 560 property near the water plant; water and sewer are proximate, but electrical connections and annexation/MOU details remain outstanding.
A board member confirmed the day care at Doctor's Park is hooked up to the utility and that recent manhole work appears to be functioning without reported issues. The meeting closed with a motion to adjourn that carried by voice vote.
