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Council hears upgrades for water, sewer and drainage projects; committee approves Sherry Lane bid
Summary
Public-works superintendents outlined in-house projects including an 8,000-foot Opportunity Drive water main (grant-funded), drainage improvements including Sherry Lane, and wastewater lab work; council approved a low bid for the Sherry Lane drainage project.
City public-works leaders updated the Murray City Council on several infrastructure projects and the council approved a bid for drainage work.
Jamie Irvin, superintendent responsible for underground utilities, summarized a grant-funded Opportunity Drive water-main project that will install about 8,000 feet of 10-inch water main to connect Port Farm Road to Robert Young Boulevard, providing a redundant feed to the industrial park and to the 641 North water tank. Irvin said most of that work will be done in house, estimating an in-house cost of about $725,000 versus an outside bid estimate near $1.6 million — a projected saving of roughly $875,000 that the city can use on other projects.
Paul Woods, who manages the city's water treatment and wastewater plants, described near-term plant work: electricians finishing installation of a septic receiving machine to remove grease and rags from septic hauler loads (expected operational next month), expansion and refit of the wastewater laboratory (temporary lab in use), and design proposals received for a future filter-building replacement to address aging piping and future capacity needs. Woods also reported inspections and repairs on several water towers, noting a pinhole repair and identified corrosion that will require work in a future year.
The public works committee, represented by Mister McKeester, reported it had reviewed bids for the Sherry Lane drainage project and voted unanimously to accept the low bid from Parker Excavating; the council approved that recommendation during the meeting. (The bid amount appears in the meeting packet/transcript as a numeric string that could not be cleanly transcribed; the committee and council accepted the low bid as presented.)
City staff emphasized continued reliance on in-house crews for many smaller projects and on grant funding for larger undertakings. No additional council appropriation was made at the meeting; the projects described are being executed under existing budgets and grants or will be brought forward separately if additional appropriations are required.
