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Harpers Ferry council approves meter, mains payments and a leased service vehicle as water upgrades proceed
Summary
Council heard updates on meter installations, leak detection, and distribution projects; it approved payment of Greenridge mains invoices (up to $10,000) and unanimously authorized a lease for a 2026 Ford Maverick hybrid for waterworks, and discussed telemetry/UPS efforts to prevent data loss after power outages.
The Harpers Ferry Town Council received multiple updates on water-system projects and approved several related financial actions during its July 13 meeting.
Public works staff reported that approximately 770 new meters have been installed, with about 20 meter pits requiring additional access work and roughly 10 meters remaining inside homes for safety reasons. The council heard that meter-driven leak detection has already identified customer-side leaks, and that further data integration will enable main-line leak detection and a public portal for individual billing information.
Council approved payment of Greenridge invoices for mains work (Spruce $2,700; Putnam $2,862; Mercer $4,830) and moved to allocate up to $10,000 to cover those invoices. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
On vehicle procurement, the council approved a lease for a 2026 Ford Maverick hybrid for the waterworks with an advertised purchase price of $29,525 and a 60-month finance term at 8.34%; the lease payment was described as about $610 per month and within the council’s previously set budget. The motion to lease the vehicle passed unanimously.
Council members and staff also discussed telemetry and reliability issues: the town received a letter from the park superintendent that cleared collectors, staff plan to install small uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) at collectors and at least one tank to reduce resets after power glitches, and technicians were troubleshooting recent lost signal reports from tank telemetry.
Next steps include finishing remaining meter pit work, completing data integration for leak detection and public-portal access, executing the Greenridge payments, taking delivery of the leased vehicle, and installing UPS backups on critical telemetry equipment.
