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Council authorizes generators for city wells and affirms emergency turbine repairs
Summary
Council approved the purchase of two emergency backup generators for in-town wells to improve water resiliency and affirmed an emergency spending declaration to cover repairs to a critical combustion turbine; both measures passed unanimously.
Council approved two related utility resilience measures: the purchase and installation of two emergency backup generators for in-town wells and an affirmation of an emergency spending declaration for combustion-turbine repairs.
Troy Shaven, assistant utility general manager, described Resolution 2026-064 to buy two backup generators (Well 21 at 19th & I and Well 22 at 14th & Irving) at a combined contract cost of $300,518.75 to provide redundancy in the event of wide-area power outages; council approved the purchase 8–0. Jeff Shanahan explained ongoing repairs to a combustion gas turbine and said the scope of necessary in-shop repairs and change orders had exceeded the city's spending limit set by statute; council affirmed an emergency declaration (Resolution 2026-065) to allow spending above the threshold so the repairs could proceed and protect system reliability.
Shanahan and council members discussed long-term needs to add generation and redundancy to reduce reliance on aging units; staff said larger procurement steps (RFPs for new generation) will be brought back to council for approval.
