Tamaroa Village Board Hears Progress on Water Project
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The Tamaroa Village Board approved the first change order on the water project Wednesday evening. The change order is for $6,792. The contractor, J.K. Trotter had to change the method of pipe installation due to the terrain in one area, raising the price.
Kendall Odum of Southern Engineering also presented the board with a bill from the contractor for $160,362 and two from Southern Engineering for $2,477 for administration and $20,165 for inspection.
Odum also asked the board to consider additional change orders for approximately $20,000 for three projects that include replacing the 2-inch line on Albers Road with 3-inch line, adding two additional customers on Private Road 18 by running an additional 500 to 600 feet of pipe and to put the necessary pressure reducers on the meters of Consolidated Public Water District (CPWD) customers.
The pressure on the 6-inch line on Pintail Road is 90 to 95 psi. It is recommended that the pressure for homes range from 35 to 75 psi.
The board agreed to consider the additional change orders. Funds for the change orders come from the $73,000 contingency fund set up at the beginning of the project. Reimbursement for crop damage also comes from that fund.
Odum estimated that $15,000 to $17,000 in crop damage has been done so far. He did not expect much more crop damage. There are few fields left to cross.
The board also asked about a possible change order to add two more customers on Woodcock Road to the project, but were told it is not possible because it was not on the original plans for the project and is not directly connected to any lines that are part of the project.
The USDA loan funds could not be used on the Woodcock Road. The cost would be approximately $23,000.
The Private Road 18 work has the potential to bring in more than two customers and is allowed because it is an extension of another part of the project. There is a $1,000 connection fee for each customer.
Only short runs are left to complete on the water project, Odum said. He would know more at the next meeting about any other potential change orders, allowing the board to choose which additional lines to approve, if any.
Village Clerk Cheryl Pelker read a letter from Mike Smith of Southern Engineering that outlined problems with the Consolidated Public Water District. The CPWD board was angry that J.K. Trotter had begun work on their water lines with no notice.
Smith said the lack of notice was his fault. The project map showed that the CPWD water line in question was 2-inch pipe. It is actually 4-inch pipe, which does not need to be replaced.
At a meeting with the CPWD board, Tamaroa received easements to work on the CPWD lines.
Smith's letter also recommended that representatives of the village meet with the engineers and CPWD board to discuss the rates, meter reading and other issues when Tamaro formally takes over CPWD.
The CPWD work will be done after all of the water line work in Tamaroa is completed.
In other business, the board:
approved the appropriation of $40,000 of motor fuel tax funds for oil and chipping village streets and reimbursement of labor and equipment costs. Trustee Charles Stein said the oil and chipping work will be done on about 1.5 miles of streets.
agreed to add to the Tamaroa Grade School contract the provision that TGS sports teams be allowed to use the Community Center during the summer months, as in the past.
heard from Chuck Siefert that he would like some tile work done in front of his house. City employee Butch Hunter said he needs to replace the tile in front of Siefert's house. Siefert agreed to pay for an additional tile to close the gap between the two owned and maintained by the village. The ditch is too deep to mow.
heard from Mayor Curtis Stube that Kent McClurken had a family illness and had to cancel the Bill Barr benefit tentatively set for Sept. 11 in Tamaroa. The board then voted to not approve the benefit due to community disapproval and the lack of a liquor license and insurance.
heard a proposal from Bob Vancil to create a TIF District in Tamaroa.
agreed to pay all the bills except the Perry County Animal Control bill again this month. The bill is not due until November 30.