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state highway, therefore the Town will need to work with them regardless of who provided the
funding.
6. Items for Approval:
a. Motion 2025-42: Approval to Purchase Smith & Loveless Everlast Series 3000 Pumping
Station for West Street Pump Station– Water Resources Director Jamey Latchum & Davis,
Bowen, & Friedel Inc. Nicholas Bradley (Strategic Plan: DS3, AS2)
Mr. Latchum explained to the Mayor and Council that he was seeking approval for the new
lift station as it was budgeted for in the FY26 budget. He planned to sign a letter of intent to
avoid a 15-25% tariff increase, as the increase would make the lift station out of budget.
Mayor Tyndall thanked Buckingham Elementary’s Superintendent for approving to move the
lift station from the street onto land owned by the school district. Mr. Latchum expressed
that this would protect the safety of the Town’s employees as they would no longer need to
lie in the street. Councilmember Orris inquired if this was the total cost and Mr. Latchum said
the quote covered the cost of all equipment and parts needed, but not labor.
Councilmember Knerr asked how much time the Water Resources Department currently
spent maintaining that lift station, and Mr. Latchum expressed a lot of time was put into
sustaining that lift station as they were performing repairs or maintenance approximately
every two weeks.
On the motion of Councilmember Orris, second by Vice President Burrell, Motion 2025-42:
Approval to Purchase Smith & Loveless Everlast Series 3000 Pumping Station for West Street
Pump Station was adopted by the following vote:
Name Counted toward
Quorum
Aye No Abstain Recused Absent
Dean Burrell, VP X
Steve Green X
Jay Knerr X
Shaneka Nichols X
Jack Orris X
Voting Tally 5
b. Motion 2025-43: RFP 2025-05 SDP Comfort Station Bid Award Recommendation –
Public Works Director Jimmy Charles & Davis, Bowen, & Friedel Inc. Nicholas Bradley
(Strategic Plan: DS3; DS6))
Mayor Tyndall explained the Town received grant funding for this project. However, the
funding was not received until a year after the quote had been provided. Therefore, the
grant no longer covered the expense of the project. The Town applied for another grant to
bridge the gap, which the Town had been awarded and received. However, it still did not
bridge the gap so three funding avenue recommendations were provided to the Mayor and
Council for review and approval. The first option was to utilize two months of slots revenue,
which would be consistent with what the County would like to see the funds used for. The
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