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Selectboard approves $19,013 pump purchase for Putney Inn pump station
Summary
Selectboard approved ordering a replacement pump for the Putney Inn pump station at a cost of $19,013; one pump is repaired, the other dates to 1977 and will take 8–12 weeks to arrive, requiring temporary extra pump-outs at $225/hour.
The Putney Selectboard voted Oct. 29 to buy a replacement pump for the Putney Inn pump station at a cost of $19,013. Town Manager Karen M. Astley told the board both original pumps were down; one has been repaired and the other is the original pump from 1977. The vendor lead time is 8–12 weeks, and in the interim the station will operate on a single pump, increasing stress and generating extra pump-outs billed at $225 per hour.
Peg Alden moved to approve the purchase and Rebecca "Bex" Slattery seconded; the motion passed. Selectboard Clerk Fletcher Proctor asked whether pump stations could be standardized for future resilience and suggested stocking a backup pump.
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