a special update on the Waterman break. Sure. Thank you, Matthew. So, yeah, this afternoon, about 01:45, we we started receiving many phone calls at the DPW office regarding, people all around the village actually experiencing no water. It's funny. Just a few minutes before that, one of our DPW staf…

No. No. That that line was cement lined already. So that one was done, and it just happens. You know? Yeah. So with the miles of piping and and with all the piping that's in there, you know, the program that they're on now is is great, and it's one of these things that you you you're gonna deal with…

The so the 1,200 line? Yes. That's the 60,000. Yep. Uh-huh. So we also added some funds in the 2,000 line, requesting to correlator system. Mhmm. So that's sort of a a a sort of up to date equipment to help when there is a water main break. A lot of times today, it was very obvious. Right? Because w…

You know, that we we it's very difficult. It would be very difficult for us to try to come up with a number to put in each one of the 16 Yeah. Lines because we don't know if we're gonna have six water main breaks or no water main breaks or if we're gonna have a storm that brings down 50 trees or if …

"About 1:45, we started receiving many phone calls at the DPW office regarding people all around the village experiencing no water," the superintendent told the board. A DPW staffer driving down Alcott had spotted the problem moments before the calls started flooding in. Crews found the break betwee…

DPW isolated the leak within 45 minutes using valves at both intersections, restoring water to the rest of the village while the affected block remained dry. Excavation began at 3:30 PM, with crews working through the evening to replace the section with ductile iron pipe and new copper service lines…

The Board of Trustees had barely settled in for their first budget work session of the year when DPW Superintendent delivered a dramatic update: a water main had ruptured on Alcott Avenue just hours earlier, cutting water service across the village.

So the age of the infrastructure in the area is nineteen o eight. So we're thinking that's Yep. Yep. I I didn't go back and look at if that those were one of the original mains, but it it It could well be. It could very well be. Oh, yeah. It looked like. Is it iron? Or It's cast iron pipe. Yeah.

you. Thank you, viewer. Time. Real time. Time. 100 times better. Wow. That's great. That's great. Well, you know, good good manager. Both both in terms of sound and picture. Good things come to those who wait. So okay. That's very good news. Thank you. Martin Luther King Day is Monday, the January n…

Susan Screlia, 56 Treesdale Drive. I just have a clarifying question. I was watching at home, and I know that you guys, the majority just voted and slip and abstained on an agreement between a union unionized company and WBP to do what you describe as publicly funded projects, such as the water line…

So happy New Year, everyone. I just wanna congratulate. I was, honored to be at the fire department induction last night with the mayor, trustee Nachteller, and trustee Simon. Just wanna congratulate. Thank Phil Dinkler, chief Dinkler, for his service. He is now stepping down from being chief and is…

"Would you want to take a guess at the age of the pipe?" a trustee asked. "The age of the infrastructure in the area is 1908," the superintendent confirmed. "So we're thinking it could very well be over a hundred years."

Okay. So also with the arts and humanities, meeting last night, we were talking about the second phase of the banners. And so not for discussion at this meeting, but I did touch base with the mayor about it. I would like to, at the work session, discuss the allocation of funds enough to cover we kno…

Happens. But the guys and the team, they they do an amazing job. So Yeah. Yeah. They do. I mean, the most you can do is is is is is try to stabilize your current infrastructure, do leak detections, and and, you know, we flush our system twice a year. So we're we're doing all this sort of regular mai…

Ed Riley, Tristeldra. I'd like to commend the the EMS, the fire department, and DPW for their exceptional service, especially appreciated in the wintertime when the water mains break and you're operating with water in subzero weather. It goes the same for the fire department, given a recent experien…

What would it have taken to have anticipated the leak or the break today? You know, nothing?

Couple of things. I just want to recognize once again the the work of our Department of Public Works who have been, continuing to come in at 04:00 every morning to address snow removal. You know, they did Brook Street on Monday. They did North Riverside on Tuesday. Today and tomorrow, they're doing …

So some of this equipment is is actually why it's in this budget this year is because we do sort of run a ramp up, replace, and upgrade some of our equipment that we do use for this leak detection and and, you know, for when there are leaks. In capital, as you as you said, we we have been cement lin…

Oh, the lead service line replacement? Oh, yes. Yeah. That was that's for that's for your own in your house. Right? You know, to see what the on my Yeah. If you haven't filled that out yet, please send it in. Sorry. So but, yeah, that's that's the service line that runs from the water main to your t…

In other infrastructure news, the board approved a $20,000 transfer from the Water Contingency Account to replace failing water meters. Dozens of meters recently stopped transmitting data, forcing the Water Department to issue estimated bills. The board also transferred $10,000 from the general cont…