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Swisher to televise sewer lines and seek bids to assess repairs, council votes to camera first four regions
Summary
Council approved a motion to seek proposals to televise the first four regions of a proposed 10‑year sewer maintenance program after staff outlined estimated costs (about $4/ft to televise) and suggested using leftover Division Street bond funds to accelerate work this winter and spring.
The Swisher City Council voted Sept. 23 to seek proposals to televise and assess the city’s sanitary sewer lines, directing staff to put the work out for bid and return with repair estimates. Tim, a consultant with HR Green, told the council the plan divides the city into 10 regions and uses televising to target lining and spot repairs. “You have currently almost 33,000 L feet of pipe in the ground of various ages,” he said, and the group used a working estimate of “about $4 a foot to televise this stuff.”
Staff outlined a budget approach that assumes three to four regions could be televised this winter and spring and that initial repair assumptions yield a roughly $50,000‑per‑region annual planning figure. Council discussed using leftover bond funds from the Division Street project to pay for initial televising and possibly some repairs; staff said there is limited time to obligate that money and recommended moving quickly to contract for the cameraing work.
Council adopted a motion to request proposals and to televise regions one through four first, asking Tim to return within weeks with a prioritized cameraing plan and rough cost estimates for point repairs and lining. The motion passed by voice vote; details and a formal contract award will come back to council after staff returns with bids and televising results.
What happens next: staff will prepare a request for proposals for televising the sewer mains, return camera results and cost estimates to council, then the council will consider repair contracts and funding allocation once condition assessments are complete.
