Public Works Department Report

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. June 9, 2016.  Riley Argyle, Supervisor of the Public Works Department, reported on his activities for the past month.  The repair of the roadway on east 150 South has been completed.  That road is open all the way to the Lake.  It was noted that there is a warranty period in the agreement on this roadway so that if there are additional problems in the future, the contractor may have to come back again.  However, everything looks really good right now. 

It was noted that with construction beginning on the Water’s Edge Project, the City should minimize the amount of construction traffic allowed on 150 South.  It was suggested that the construction equipment and traffic dealing with this project be entered from the front of the property and not from the side at 150 South.  The parking lot and roadway at 150 South needs to be protected as much as possible.

The contractors at 350 South are doing well.  The walkway is about finished.  However, the hatch lid was ordered two weeks ago and still has not arrived.  The hatch lid is needed so that the owner of the well can have access to his water.  The hatch lid needs to have a lock to keep others from getting into the well.  Even with this slow down, the path should be completed by the first of July.  All of the rough grading has been done, and the road base will be put in place on Friday. 

There are only two culverts left to put in place on 300 West.  Argyle noted that he will be in touch with UDOT to make sure that the construction date of 2018 is still on the list.  The project requires a 80/20 match as this road is built.  That means Garden City will be required to put up $320,000 for the completion of this project.  Preparations for this road will begin in the fall of 2017.

Argyle asked that money be placed into his budget for software for the water treatment plant.  Currently, the system is running on XP.  However, almost everyone else has upgraded to Windows 10.  Because the company servicing the treatment plant has already made this change, they are unable to handle any problems at our plant remotely.  It will cost approximately $10,000.  Bob Peterson asked Argyle several questions and noted that he would be happy to contact the service company and make sure communications will be possible in the future.

The flag is flying at Heritage Park.  It is beautiful.  There are two lights missing that will be used to light the flag at night.  Also, the flag will probably get ragged with all the winds we have.  Argyle was told that when this happens, just take the flag down and make a new hem on the edges.  The flag should last for at least six months before this would be needed.