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Friendsville buys telemetry materials for Frog Pond and plans hydrant purchases for Sequoyah, Bales Hollow and Wilderness Road areas
Summary
The utility purchased and paid for telemetry materials for Frog Pond and expects Fort Loudoun to install power; staff proposed using contingency funds to buy five fire hydrants and taller blowoff hydrants to improve service and emergency readiness in several neighborhoods.
City staff reported at the June 4 meeting that materials for telemetry at Frog Pond have been purchased and paid for and that Fort Loudoun will install power for the equipment soon. Administrator Kim Rogers said the purchases are already paid and that additional work is pending power installation.
Rogers proposed using remaining contingency funds to buy fire hydrants for areas including Sequoyah, Bales Hollow and Wilderness Road, saying she would "like to purchase fire hydrants to install around the Sequoyah, Bales Hollow, and Wilderness Rd. area" and wanted to "order five to begin with so they could also replace hydrants that are no longer in service." She also described a need for taller blowoff hydrants that can be hooked to a hose to divert water away from customers' yards. The board noted that the nearest existing hydrant for those neighborhoods is on Unitia Road. The meeting record does not specify the vendor for power installation; Fort Loudoun is named in the transcript but its exact organizational role (utility, contractor, or other) is not specified in the minutes.
