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Vanlue council hears water-system inspections, valve repairs and delinquencies report
Summary
Village Administrator Leo Hendricks reported upcoming free inspections of the water tower and wet-well (July 23), completion of asset-management updates for EPA requirements, valve replacements in the softening system, planned hydrant flushing/valve exercising, and 18 delinquencies with two disconnects.
Village Administrator Leo Hendricks provided a multi-topic utilities update to the Vanlue Village Council on July 22 covering inspections, maintenance and customer-payment trends.
Hendricks said the water tower and wet-well tanks at the village water treatment plant will be inspected on July 23 at no cost, and an evaluation report will follow with any recommended corrective action and cost estimates. He reported the village is finishing updates to its Asset Management Plan as required by the EPA and that a new inspector will conduct the village’s triennial inspection in early August.
On operations, Hendricks described recent valve replacement work in the softening system by maintenance staff Mike Bakies, which he said stabilized the system. The village plans hydrant flushing and valve exercising in coming weeks. During gas-line boring work contractor Sheldon Gas located a broken tile on Blanchard and West Main; Hendricks said a contractor is scheduled to make repairs on July 22.
Hendricks reported 18 utility account delinquencies in the month, with two disconnects processed. He also summarized electronic payment usage: in the June payment month 43 customers (22.8% of water/sewer customers) used the Paystar option, collecting $4,194; the 29-month average is 34 customers (18.9%); cumulative transactions to date total 983 with collections of $104,910. The village website had 55 signups for text/email alerts.
The council did not take any formal vote on water rates or capital projects during the meeting; Hendricks said he is preparing a five-year pro forma to inform future rate decisions.
