Monday, November 19, 2012
After six months of work, the water tower at Craig Counsell Park has received a new coat of paint and 'Whitefish Bay' lettering.
If you didn't know that Whitefish Bay had its own water tower, you do now. The 63-year-old water tower at Craig Counsell Park recently underwent an exterior paint job that included sandblasting, four coats of paint, welding repairs, and for the first time, the village's name on the side of the water tower. The Village Board sprung for the "Whitefish Bay" lettering, which costs roughly $10,000, when it approved the $1.2 million contract in April. Dixon Engineering finished the painting and the lettering last week. In the spring, Dixon will finish the rest of the contract, which includes sandblasting, welding repairs and painting the inside of the water tower. Dixon started working on the project in May, but was held up for 3 1/2 months …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
In addition to extensive sandblasting and painting, trustees also voted to add a logo to the water tower on the west end of the village.
The village's 63-year-old water tower has grown rusty, and will require an extensive $1.23 million sandblast and paint job to restore. Whitefish Bay trustees voted Monday night to award Oak Creek-based Dixon Engineering a five-year contract for $246,000, including a $20,000 per year contingency. The contract includes sand blasting and a four-coat paint process on the exterior of the water tower, along with a throrough sand blasting and a three-coat paint process on the interior of the water tower. With the maintenance work, Village Engineer Dan Naze said the water tower, located on Lydell Avenue north of Devon Street, may have another 50 years left. "After you remove rust and recoat it, I think it’s a pretty sound tank," he said. Trustees …
Thursday, November 24, 2011
The proposed plan would cost nearly $900,000 over eight years, which trustees say is too high a price tag not to be bid out or researched further.
The Whitefish Bay Village Board deadlocked Monday evening over the proposed contract for a long-term service plan for the village’s water tower. Public Works Director Daniel Naze said the water tower has seen little routine maintenance in recent years, and without immediate action, Whitefish Bay would eventually face a complete blast and recoating of both the water tower’s interior and exterior. Naze said he had found no record of an interior inspection since at least 2005 and no official exterior inspection since the 1990’s. He said 1989 was the last time the exterior received a paint job. The interior was last coated in 1996. Naze said he and other public works staff have been working with Utility Services Company of Watertown to …
Vinny
10:57 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Sure, but when you consider WFB has a population of about 14,000 and let's say a third of them pay taxes that $10 k turns into $2 per taxpayer. I'm sure the avg WFB taxpayer makes that during a single bathroom break at work. Not saying the Village should spend money to just spend money, but I don't believe that is frivolous of spending - and defiantly not worth calling for the board member's … more ›