REPLACE ZINC ANODE PROTECTION ON 7 SALTWATER STRUCTURES
Official Roll-Call Vote
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
REPLACE ZINC ANODE PROTECTION ON 7 SALTWATER STRUCTURES General Manager Shadden ~ These are the zinc anodes that were put on the structures when they were installed. Some of these structures were installed in 2012, 2013 and 2014, etc. What they are saying is, when you go out there with your voltmeter, you have a 0.0850 is indicative of a minimum protective and they have another standard of -.750. If you look at the chart, most of them are below 7 except for the ones at the moody gate, (inaudible) and oyster bayou and are some of the last ones we put in. They are .77 and say for instance on Oyster Bayou he has in here on the land side it is at 8.74 which is good enough, but just barely. On the water side it is a .552, so we do not have enough anodes on there to protect the structure. It is pretty much time for us to put new anodes on all of them to protect them. They will come in and drill these next to the structure and put them in and hook them on there and make sure that the structure doesn’t corrode and go away. They do this on pipelines with cathodic protection to keep them from rusting. I think we could look at doing 2 or 3 a year rather than spending $100,000.00 to replace all 7 at once but that is up to the Board. We do have the money in savings to do this. Secretary Hankamer - Is he going to be fine with that price over 2-3 years? General Manager Shadden ~ Yes. It is possible that it could go up some. It is written on there that it could go up 5%. Director Nicely
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.6/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.