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South Amherst discusses water-system options as council recommends K.E. McCartney for municipal engineering

Village of South Amherst Council · April 13, 2026
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Summary

Council recommended negotiating with K.E. McCartney for municipal engineering services, reviewed a steep drop in reported water loss (from 51% last year to about 6% this year), and reaffirmed earlier findings that outside water authorities previously declined to take over the village system due to loan and infrastructure conditions.

Utility Administrator David Valentine reported to the council that three firms responded to a municipal engineering RFQ (Jones & Henry, K.E. McCartney, and Karpinski) and recommended negotiating a contract with K.E. McCartney based on the firm's local experience, grant-search work and county relationships; the council voted to authorize negotiating a…

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