Fairhope, Alabama
Update: The city council did adopt a water conservation ordinance effective May 27th. Currently, residents are only being asked to conserve water.
EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW
The city's water system is nearing 100% capacity during the current dry spell according to mayor Wilson; the situation is complicated by frequent pipeline failures due to poor workmanship by contractors she said.
A special city council meeting has been called for tomorrow (Wednesday, 4PM) to discus implementing emergency water conservation measures.
Wilson cites a need for added oversight of development projects as well (vs. "self-inspection"):
"The drought increases use of irrigation which decreases capacity. The pressure causes cracks and leaks. The problem is compounded due to lack of City oversight. We continue to allow developers to "self-inspect" engineering work with the engineer they hire. As a result, substandard materials are used for waterlines (and more) in addition to being installed improperly. This is why I have emphasized the need for an engineering Dept to inspect on behalf of the city and citizens buying the property. We spend far more money fixing problems as a result of not having this oversight. I will continue to push for this and hope people run for council who understand the cost of the City's liability when we continue to allow developers to cut corners."
Update: The city council did adopt a water conservation ordinance effective May 27th. Currently, residents are only being asked to conserve water.
EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW
The city's water system is nearing 100% capacity during the current dry spell according to mayor Wilson; the situation is complicated by frequent pipeline failures due to poor workmanship by contractors she said.
A special city council meeting has been called for tomorrow (Wednesday, 4PM) to discus implementing emergency water conservation measures.
Wilson cites a need for added oversight of development projects as well (vs. "self-inspection"):
"The drought increases use of irrigation which decreases capacity. The pressure causes cracks and leaks. The problem is compounded due to lack of City oversight. We continue to allow developers to "self-inspect" engineering work with the engineer they hire. As a result, substandard materials are used for waterlines (and more) in addition to being installed improperly. This is why I have emphasized the need for an engineering Dept to inspect on behalf of the city and citizens buying the property. We spend far more money fixing problems as a result of not having this oversight. I will continue to push for this and hope people run for council who understand the cost of the City's liability when we continue to allow developers to cut corners."
Comments
What next. Hurricanes?
Great. First an epidemic. Now a water shortage.
What next. Hurricanes?"
What next?
More sophomoric drivel from Wise Guy.
Happy Guy
For 10 years, our schools, which are some of the best in the State, have been overwhelmed, with kinds in portable classrooms.
Our outdated infrastructure has turned Hwy 98 into a hell like Airport Blvd.
Simple services, like debris collection, aren't happening on a regular basis because the City's capacity is stretched too thin.
When are we going to wake up and start charging developers a higher impact fee and start enforcing annual growth limits that we already have in place?
share any costs to repair their shoddy work. Can’t the City get contracts that will hold the developers responsible for some of these things instead of throwing all the repairs on the backs of taxpayers? And don’t we have Building Inspectors that are supposed to catch these cost-cutting shortcuts before they’re finished? It’s time to put a halt to new construction until the infrastructure problems can be fixed. The Mayor and City Council all ran on a promise of controlling growth, and are failing miserably at it.
As an engineer of a large utility, poor contractor workmanship should have never happened. Proper oversight of all contracted construction projects should necessitate a city inspector to verify that all work is in compliance to plans and specifications. To do so otherwise, then caveat emptor and waste of taxpayers money.
I have been against having a city manager but it would be great to find someone really good to run the city. The Mayor parrots what they tell her and is not supervising. Granted, she is not earning full time pay so maybe she can improve if she gets the pay raise or maybe her successor can do better I am now in favor of hiring a city manager though .
The only workable solution is a mechanism to hold them financially accountable for problems that occur down the road.
But go ahead and keep saying derogatory things about good people, stay anonymous; I don’t want to know you!
Who will enforce the newly planted grass 30 day rule??
Bonding ones work works!
Like you said, you had several inspectors.
But go ahead be sarcastic it really is a solution.