Milroy council approves ISG site evaluations, continues utility fixes and lead‑service inventory

The Milroy City Council approved ISG Engineering’s scope to evaluate two potential housing-development sites at $3,000 per site and asked the engineering firm to proceed with preliminary site analyses to determine elevations, existing utilities and sanitary‑sewer depths.

Public Works Director Dean Duscher briefed the council multiple times about an obsolete utility meter reader used by the city. Council approved purchasing a reader compatible with the existing meters at a cost of $4,000 plus $800 per year for software support; the minutes also record that the replacement reader was back-ordered for approximately six months. The council authorized up to $1,000 to try to repair or get the current reader functioning in the interim.

Council members also discussed the lead-service-line inventory work to comply with state requirements. The minutes note that engineers will perform the inventory at no cost to the city because state funds cover the expense; Moore Engineering and other firms were referenced as conducting or supporting the inventory work. The completed inventory was later recorded as available on the city website.

Public Works staff reported a major weekend pumping event in June when more than one million gallons passed through the lift station; Director Duscher logged more than 36 hours of work during that event and the council acknowledged resident offers of assistance.

Council directed follow-up with engineers about feasibility and infrastructure costs for sewer extension to the proposed housing lots. The engineering evaluation will determine whether a lift station or other sewer improvements would be required and which of the two candidate sites is more workable.