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Council approves SCADA conversion and stormwater pipelining contracts; utilities detail water‑main work and upgrades
Summary
Council approved a McKim & Creed piggyback contract for a SCADA conversion to modernize the water treatment plant controls and approved annual stormwater pipelining work. Utilities staff reported recent water‑main breaks, test‑well drilling, filter and membrane work, and several near‑term capital tasks.
The Village of Tequesta on Feb. 12 approved two utilities contracts and heard a broad update on water projects and staffing.
Utilities Director Allison Berg asked the council to authorize a piggyback agreement with McKim & Creed for a SCADA conversion to replace the village’s aging Wonderware system and address recent compatibility problems with operating system and alarm software. Berg said the conversion will reduce future markup costs and provide a single consultant for on‑going programming support, while noting additional PLC hardware and programming costs may be incurred later as system upgrades proceed. Council approved the contract by voice vote.
Berg also brought forward the annual stormwater pipelining proposal (the village budgets roughly $100,000 annually). Council approved a not‑to‑exceed contract for pipelining and associated stormwater pond inlet/outlet inspections and cleaning; staff said the work will be scheduled before the rainy season.
During the utilities segment Berg reviewed ongoing work: completion of the Dover Ditch pay application, mobilization of a driller for Surficial Aquifer Well 28, near‑completion of filter‑media replacement and recent membrane replacement, and two water‑main breaks that occurred the prior day and were repaired the same day. Berg introduced Juan Rivas as the new capital improvement project manager and announced internal promotion of Brett Bowers to the QA officer/water‑treatment plant operator position.
Council members asked for clearer consolidated project and contract tracking and requested staff provide historical costs and a summary of prior contractual spend for long‑running projects such as the water treatment plant upgrades. Berg said staff is implementing improved tracking and will provide summaries of project costs and pending equipment expenses.
