NEWS RELEASE
The Board of
8:30 a.m. General Session – Commissioners approved and signed various resolutions, contracts and documents, approved several travel requests, reviewed the agenda items and the calendar of events, discussed upcoming meetings and updated information for the calendar of events.
Greg Reinhart, County Wastewater Operations, Otto Gerdeman, Poggemeyer Design Group, Gino Silvestri, City Wastewater and Becky met this past week about odor control on the Express Sewer. Sample testing will be taken weekly during the early stages of the operation.
Express Sewer – project clean-up is scheduled to be completed by September 15. Ken is waiting for quotes from several contractors to complete closure of the project.
Brunersburg Sewer – Ken outlined various items that needed to be done to verify I and I problems. Flow data from the pump station will be reviewed by Poggemeyer. Construction inspection reports will also be re-read to determine testing data and acceptance. IFM inspection reports for the lateral connections will also be reviewed.
Christi Meadows – Ken provided a letter contract to provide engineering services to reduce inflow and infiltration of clean water into the sanitary sewer. The project was broken down into
two sections: Amber Oaks, Phase I - $9,300 and Christi Meadows, Phase II - $11,050. The Board will review the contract before a decision is made.
A pre-construction meeting is scheduled for Monday, August
18th at
Various types of chemicals used for sewer odor control were discussed. Greg noted that Gino Silvestri, City Wastewater, has a list of vendors and the chemicals they sell for this purpose. Greg will get a copy of that list.
Today’s meeting adjourned at
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