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Council authorizes multiple Utilities emergency purchases totaling over $60,000
Summary
The council approved several emergency and maintenance purchases for electric and wastewater divisions, including transformers, wire, a BOD incubator, and a voltage regulator rebuild, with individual purchase amounts recorded in the minutes.
Items 12–16 in the City Administrator’s report covered emergency and maintenance purchases for the Utilities Department. Council authorized the emergency purchase of a 167 kVA overhead transformer from American Electric Power for $7,967.34 and a reconditioned 500 kVA pole mount transformer from T&R Electric for $9,990.00. The council also authorized a Biochemical Oxygen Demand incubator from USABlueBook for $6,977.75, a rebuild of a 167 kVA voltage regulator from T&R Electric for $3,651.00, and 7,500 feet of underground wire from Power Line Supply for $31,725.00.
All purchases were recorded in the minutes and charged to the Utilities Division’s respective budgets (Transformers, Machinery & Equipment, Maintenance Equipment – Brandywine Substation, Wire & Cable). The motions carried by roll-call votes as noted in the minutes.
