Work can finally start on getting sewer service to the property owned by the city west of town.
Tuesday night, the city council award a bid of $182,958 to Beytco, Inc. of Sapulpa to build a lift station. A contract allowing MSB Construction from Oologah to build the sewer line was also approved. That will including boring under Interstate 40.
The nearly 35 acres of land just south of the west I-40 exit has water going to it but no sewer facilities. This work will make it attractive to potential retail businesses.
As part of that overall project, the council approved a purchase of $5,504.66 for gravel to build an access road on the property.
Also getting approval was a contract to repair leaks in the clear well and reattach some cables in Jim Hall Lake.
The clear well leaks require divers to inject special sealants and they have to have their suits disinfected when they enter the water.
Mayor Jennifer Munholland explained the work should take between two and three days. The leaks prevent the city from filling the clear well to its full ten-foot height. “We can only fill it up to six feet, she said.
Grass Grabbers received the contracts to mow city lots and parks as well as do the mowing on overgrown lots throughout the city.
After a 20-minute executive session, the council approved the collective bargaining agreement with the Henryetta FOP.