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Board OKs emergency water-main repair expenditure to exceed $10,000
Summary
Following a break near Illinois Route 72, the board approved an emergency expenditure to a contractor identified in the transcript as 'Northern Hawaii services' to exceed $10,000; members discussed location and contractor familiarity before voting to approve.
A committee member moved to approve an emergency expenditure to "Northern Hawaii services" for a water-main repair related to a break near Illinois Route 72, asking authorization to exceed $10,000. The motion was seconded and board members discussed the incident location and past experience with the contractor before voting to approve the expenditure.
During discussion members compared notes about where breaks occurred near Route 72 and expressed relief the break had not drained a water tower. One board member noted the initial report made the problem sound worse than it turned out to be. The motion carried; the transcript records the vote as affirmative from attending members.
