Nicely pump at metropolis park shorts out, is changed

Owensville aldermen on Dec. 19 permitted an emergency spending allocation of $11,919 to exchange a burned out properly pump at Memorial Park.

Jeff Fahrenholtz, the town’s public works director, instructed the Board of Aldermen the 5-year-old properly pump serving the No. 3 properly and water tower had apparently “shorted to floor” over a weekend earlier this month.

“It’s within the pump,” Fahrenholtz mentioned. “It shorted itself (out).”

He mentioned quotes for changing the pump from three distributors have been $11,919. $15,878, and $18,505. The low worth, from Flynn, was accepted. And, higher but, the pump was in inventory, he famous.

Fahrenholtz mentioned he was wanting into attainable causes for the issue which destroyed the pump.

It was solely 5 years in the past the town had the pump changed and electrical service for the properly home upgraded.

Parts of the town skilled two current outages of electrical service as a contractor for Ameren Missouri has been bettering the high-power service line which bisects the town.

The pump was changed this previous week and Fahrenholtz mentioned Friday that water samples have been taken on the website  and have been despatched to the state’s testing facility for evaluation. He mentioned Tuesday he acquired verbal affirmation the samples have been good and anticipated to renew properly pumping operations on receipt of the report.