BLUE BALL WATER TOWER

At the Council Meeting last night they approved 6-0, the painting of the Blue Ball Water Tower for $293,000 + $35,000 for the inspection paid for from the Water Fund.
Steve Husemann stated that the water tower should get painted about every 15 years…however… we noticed a few rust spots because the last company didn’t do a very good job and decided it needed to be repaired now. He did not know when the tower was repaired and painted last.
Oh and by the way we will have the new City Logo on the water tower.

Well City Council when you signed the last contract with the painting company didn’t they give you any specs for how long their paint job and repairs would last? Why didn’t you call the last contractor and have them repair the rust spots as per their contract? Did he use an inferior product on the tower?

The age old questions need to be asked...

Did the city get more than one bid before signing the last contract?

Did the city contact a metallurgist to get their opinion concerning what the paint contractor was proposing in order to verify the job would be done correctly? Suggest this time, a metallurgist sit in on the specifics offered by the paint contractor to add expertise to city leaders who don't have a clue what it takes to treat corrosion, besides buying a can of Rustoleum.

Did the city make sure their was a guarantee with the contract and for how many years was the job guaranteed?

I work with corrosion at WP for the AF. There is a specific method used to prepare surfaces that are prone to flash rusting such as metals prior to priming and topcoating the surface. If not used, the results will be poor as to longevity of service. Gotta sandblast and clean the surface first. Alodine, as a corrosion inhibitor along with Deoxing the surface should be considered along with using high endurance, corrosion resistant primers and topcoats mixed at the proper ratios and applied at the proper mil thicknesses. If not done properly, you will never get near the service versus the money outlay. JMO

Give me some scaffolding and a ladder. I would paint that thing over the summer for 1000s less!!

Work is in progress at the tower.

Yeah and adding a stones to the cement wall defiantly helps. Now if we can only get the city to build some sidewalks built along 122 and Grand Ave. so people don't risk getting hit as they walk to the stores in mall area.

Looks good. Found more money to finish out the lettering, did they?

Looks better, I guess.  A pet peeve of mine is why is there a need to incorporate the river into the logos?  It's not like a town being on water is unique.  Just about any town or city around here is on some type of river.  What's the big deal?

Great photos! Thanks again!

409 wrote: OLD NEW