90 Percent of Tamaroa Water Lines Laid
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Kendall Odum and Doug Pollex, who oversee the contractor's work on the water project, attended the Wednesday evening meeting of the Tamaroa Village Board. The board was told that 90 percent of the pipe for the project is in the ground.
Odum presented a contractor's bill for $115,317 and invoices from Southern Engineering for administration- $1,790 and inspection- $21,056.
The board also approved a second change order in the amount of $5,794. The change order included 100 feet of directional boring under a creek, extending a water main, various pipe casings to separate water and sewer lines and crossing the road to avoid phone lines in one area.
The board also approved the purchase of a pressure reducer for one area on Pintail Road where the water is running at 90 to 95 psi. The reducer will bring the pressure down to the EPA-recommended level of 35 to 75 psi.
Odum said he hopes the pump station vault will be on site by the beginning of October.
He also suggested purchasing a pipe locator and an auto shut-off device for the pumping system. The pipes that have been installed have a detection wire attached to them. The locator would cost $1,500 to $2,000 and allow the village to accurately determine the position of the lines when making repairs.
At the August meeting, Mike Smith of Southern Engineering recommended that the Village meet with the Consolidated Public Water District to hammer out the details of easements, timelines and other issues involved when the village takes over the district. That meeting will take place on September 14 at 4 p.m. at Gene Gross' law office. CPWD has their regular meeting later that evening.
Smith said in August that work on CPWD lines would not begin until all of the pipe in Tamaroa was laid.
The board questioned whether CPWD would purchase touch readers for water meters before dissolving.
In other business, the board:
voted to employ Elliot Burgess full-time, allowing the Village to keep its group health insurance rate. With only one full-time employee, Tamaroa would have to pay at a higher rate for a single person.
heard from Trustee Charles Stein that oil and chip work should begin in early October. He expected to receive a schedule from Illini Asphalt this week.
discussed the hardship letter sent to the railroad. The village is still awaiting a response. Village Employee Butch Hunter suggested asking for new crossing gates at the Village Cemetery, as well.
heard from Hunter that work on several culverts throughout town and the sewer lagoon needs to be done. The board said the work would be scheduled when funding permits.
discussed a $9,000 water bill for the former Studios Restaurant and Bar. Some time ago after the restaurant and bar had ceased operation, a realtor trying to sell the building asked the village to turn on the water at the building to check for leaks. There was a significant leak, resulting in a $9,000 bill. The building was recently sold. The board asked Village Attorney Matt Foster to send a letter to the realtor about the bill, which is due Sept. 15.