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Mayor Kemp says multi-mile gas-pipe replacement needed; meeting with PEC set
Summary
Mayor Mark L. Kemp told the Board of Aldermen the town must replace roughly 7,130 feet of 2-inch PVC and 1,500 feet of 1-inch PVC with PE pipe as part of a 10-year upgrade plan; the town will meet with PEC next week to discuss costs and next steps. Cost estimates were not provided.
Mayor Mark L. Kemp told the Town of Clinton Mayor and Board of Aldermen on Aug. 12 that the town faces a multi-mile natural-gas pipe replacement to comply with a 10‑year upgrade plan.
Kemp said regulator stations feeding Clinton from Jackson have been updated and that the town is in the process of updating the distribution building in front of Richardson Funeral Home, which will be torn down and replaced with a wired fence. He reported that about 7,130 feet of 2‑inch PVC pipe and 1,500 feet of 1‑inch PVC pipe on Highway 10, Roosevelt Street, Lincoln Street, Grant Street and Highway 10 West will need replacement with PE pipe. Kemp said he will meet with PEC next week to discuss cost and implementation; the minutes did not include a cost estimate.
Why it matters: replacing aging pipe and moving from PVC to PE can affect service reliability and safety and will likely require planning, funding and coordination with the utility referenced in the meeting. The mayor also said he is reconciling the gas meter deposit checking account with the town’s CUSI database, an administrative step relevant to billing and customer accounts.
The council accepted the mayor’s comments by motion (mover: Alderman Betrece; second: Alderman Matthews). The minutes do not record a vote tally or any timetable for project funding. Kemp also noted he spoke with Tony Arkcol of PEC about the upgrade plan; the transcript references PEC but does not expand the acronym or supply additional company details.
Next steps: Kemp said he will meet with PEC next week to review costs and scheduling; no procurement or contract action was recorded at the Aug. 12 meeting.
