Council approves bid for elevated storage tank rehabilitation

During its December 21 meeting, the Bandera City Council unanimously approved a $45,530 bid for engineering services from Ardurra of San Antonio for the rehabilitation of the elevated water tank storage on Dallas Street.

The money for the bid will be coming from federally awarded funding.

The City of Bandera was awarded $215,000 from the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP), of which, 50 percent was granted this year; the remaining 50 percent will be granted in 2022.

City Administrator David Jordan introduced that this money be used for the infrastructure of the city, specifically a portion to be allocated for the rehabilitation of the Dallas St. that the city and Ardurra Engineer Jonathan Teafatiller have been working on.

“They’re ready to move forward once we have y’alls approval.” Jordan said to the council members during the regular meeting last week.

Teafatiller summarized they have been working with the city to identify critical infrastructure in different areas, with the purpose of getting ahead of them to be proactive instead of reactive.

“In an investigation using old reports,” said Teafatiller, “we identified the Dallas Street elevated storage tank, in which the interior paint is peeling off and it’s sitting there in the water. The concern is that it’s deteriorating the tank and has become a much bigger problem.”

Teafatiller explained that the interior needs to be stripped down and blasted out to bare metal, then a new liner needs to be installed, followed by spot welding as needed to fix the structural errors.

He asked that the Council approve the scope of work as identified on the written proposal so they can work closely with Public Works.

The City Council voted all approved and none opposed to Ardurra’s proposal of $45,530.