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Wisner officials report generator constraints, lean toward dark fiber; bond and TIF payments discussed
Summary
City officials said the new generator can run at 800 kW, not the planned 1,500 kW, until additional equipment arrives; staff are leaning toward installing dark fiber to meet NPPD connection expectations, and the council discussed TIF receipts and an April bond payment described at the meeting as about $35,000.
City Administrator and Utility Superintendent Randy Woldt updated the council on several infrastructure and finance items at the March 16 meeting.
Woldt said the new generator will be started but can only be run up to 800 kilowatts rather than the planned 1,500 kW because the necessary PTs and CTs have not yet been installed. He said staff must decide whether to install dark fiber or a transformer to meet Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) expectations for interconnection; Woldt said the city is leaning toward dark fiber because fiber already exists on the site. "Doing this will allow NPPD to disconnect us if we start to blow their arrestors out or surge the line," Woldt said, adding that since 2010 the city "has not blown any arrestors or surged the line."
Woldt also reported he attended a preconstruction meeting for the Highway 275 four-lane project between Wisner and West Point and that grading will start near West Point and move toward Wisner. He said the new maintainer had not yet been delivered and was being serviced in Kansas City. On parks and recreation, he said the Central Park restroom remodel access door is complete and the splash pad will be operational on Memorial Day weekend when the pool opens. City Clerk/Treasurer Stephanie James said the city has received two pool applications and two small TIF payments from the county; she also said a bond payment is due in April, which was described at the meeting as around $35,000. Councilman Barry Meyer asked about remaining generator payments; Woldt said he hopes to roll the new generator costs into the existing bond and extend payments.
No final decisions on fiber versus transformer or on generator financing were recorded at the meeting; those matters remain to be decided by staff and, if needed, future council action.
