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Committee approves sending emergency repair of leaning traffic cabinet to full board
Summary
Streets staff reported a vehicle-damaged traffic cabinet at Paysetters intersection with exposed conduit; staff said insurance should cover replacement (estimate >$10,000). The committee moved to send the emergency repair to the full board and approved the referral by voice vote.
Lyndon, a streets and sanitation staff member, told the Streets and Sanitation Committee the city needs an emergency repair at the traffic cabinet in front of the Paysetters intersection after a vehicle collision. “We had a citizen hit that and wreck,” Lyndon said, adding the cabinet is “completely leaning over” and underground conduit is exposed, which he warned could harm intersection components in heavy rain.
Lyndon said the city’s traffic-signal contractor, Davis H. Elliott, is preparing an estimate and can perform the work while already on site. He reported the replacement estimate will exceed $10,000 but said the city’s insurance covers traffic signals and cabinets, so the repair should not be a major expense.
Committee member (speaker 3) moved that the committee approve the emergency purchase and send the item to the full board; another member seconded. The committee approved the referral by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded during the meeting.
The committee was told an exact cost estimate will be available for the full board next week and that staff expects to proceed once the estimate and insurance confirmation are complete. The committee did not vote to authorize expenditure at the committee level; it referred the emergency purchase to the full board for final action.
