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PUA pays for ozone equipment
Item likely will continue to be stored off-site until crews are ready
By Brian McCauley, bmccauley@miconews.com
Members of the Marais des Cygnes Public Utility Authority agreed Monday to pay most of the bill for a half-million dollar piece of ozone equipment, but it’s not yet ready to be installed on-site.
The equipment is needed for a water-treatment plant being built on a 40-acre tract near the northwest corner of 343rd Street and Victory Road southeast of Paola.
Walters-Morgan Construction is handling the water plant project, and it recently asked the PUA to approve a pay request that included the cost of a $474,000 piece of ozone equipment that is being stored in New Jersey.
The construction site isn’t ready for the equipment, but an official from Walters-Morgan said it was built to try to stay ahead of the escalating price of materials.
PUA officials Monday discussed the option of paying for the equipment early, which would cost them interest revenue, or force Walters-Morgan to eat the cost, which would cut into its cash flow.
The officials eventually voted to pay $400,000 of the equipment’s bill as part of a $1,379,322.27 pay request to Walters-Morgan. The officials also approved a $225,450 payment to Pyramid Excavation and Construction, which is building an intake on the river, and a $206,266.84 payment to J&N Utilities, which is installing pipeline.
Dick Wachtel of Anthony Construction Management, who is inspecting the pipeline project, said Monday that about 95 percent of the 17 miles of pipeline are complete. Officials also said progress continues to be made on the water plant’s operational building. Colors of the interior rooms were selected Monday by the PUA board.
Paola City Manager Jay Wieland also was asked to write a job description for an operations manager, who eventually will run the plant.
The entire project, which is being funded by the PUA, includes the construction of two 750,000-gallon water towers and pipeline to deliver the treated water to Paola and Louisburg. It is scheduled to be complete next spring.
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The equipment is needed for a water-treatment plant being built on a 40-acre tract near the northwest corner of 343rd Street and Victory Road southeast of Paola.
Walters-Morgan Construction is handling the water plant project, and it recently asked the PUA to approve a pay request that included the cost of a $474,000 piece of ozone equipment that is being stored in New Jersey.
The construction site isn’t ready for the equipment, but an official from Walters-Morgan said it was built to try to stay ahead of the escalating price of materials.
PUA officials Monday discussed the option of paying for the equipment early, which would cost them interest revenue, or force Walters-Morgan to eat the cost, which would cut into its cash flow.
The officials eventually voted to pay $400,000 of the equipment’s bill as part of a $1,379,322.27 pay request to Walters-Morgan. The officials also approved a $225,450 payment to Pyramid Excavation and Construction, which is building an intake on the river, and a $206,266.84 payment to J&N Utilities, which is installing pipeline.
Dick Wachtel of Anthony Construction Management, who is inspecting the pipeline project, said Monday that about 95 percent of the 17 miles of pipeline are complete. Officials also said progress continues to be made on the water plant’s operational building. Colors of the interior rooms were selected Monday by the PUA board.
Paola City Manager Jay Wieland also was asked to write a job description for an operations manager, who eventually will run the plant.
The entire project, which is being funded by the PUA, includes the construction of two 750,000-gallon water towers and pipeline to deliver the treated water to Paola and Louisburg. It is scheduled to be complete next spring.