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Leonardtown approves multi-year tank-maintenance proposal with Southern Corrosion
Summary
The council approved staff’s recommendation to enter a long-term maintenance agreement with Southern Corrosion Inc. for inspections, corrosion control and painting of two town water storage tanks; the meeting record notes contract length, escalation and cancellation terms but the transcript’s year-one price appears to contain a transcription error.
The Leonardtown Town Council voted July 13 to authorize a multi-year maintenance agreement with Southern Corrosion Inc. to perform inspections, corrosion protection, painting and scheduled maintenance for two town water-storage tanks.
Town staff (speaker 5) recommended the service as a long-term asset-management strategy to extend coating life and reduce emergency-repair risk; staff said FY27 capital funds include repainting of a tower that would cover much of the contract’s initial cost. The proposal described a 10-year contract structure with the option to cancel at certain points; council members discussed an ability to exit after five years without a penalty in the recorded exchange and asked Southern Corrosion to confirm pricing details.
The contractor was introduced in the record as Brian from Southern Corrosion and later spoke about his inspection credentials (speaker 11). Council members asked about escalation caps and contract specifics; a council member (speaker 9) moved to authorize the town to execute the agreement and include a 5% cap on the annual escalation factor. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Notes from the meeting record on cost and terms: staff described the contract as a 10-year proposal with CPI escalation provisions; the transcript records a year-one cost as "In year 1, it's $49.09" (as spoken in the record). That figure appears in the transcript and likely contains missing digits or punctuation; the exact year-one price is not otherwise specified in the meeting record and should be verified against the contract documents before publication of any dollar amounts.
The contract approval was presented as an asset-management decision; the council recorded no roll-call tally in the transcript, only a voice vote in favor.
