Coffee pot is sold

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PRINCETON — The $600 coffee maker and canisters are gone. At Monday’s meeting in city hall, the Princeton City Council unanimously approved a $350 bid from Bob Bird Jr. of Princeton to buy a $500 Bunn coffee maker and two $50 coffee canisters from the city. The coffee machine and canisters were originally a purchase by the city’s Water Treatment Department. Bird’s bid was the only one received for the coffee machine and canisters.

After Monday’s meeting, Princeton Mayor Keith Cain said the Bunn coffee machine and canisters were an excessive purchase. The equipment is gone and the issue is now closed, he said. It is up to the employees as to how they get their coffee, he said.

Also at Monday’s city council meeting, the council authorized the city attorney to draw up on ordinance for the replacement of an eight inch gas main at the city’s electric plant. The cost of the project is not to exceed $42,000 and will include labor and materials to complete about 200 feet of the main and associated fittings. The work will be done by Northern Pipe Line of DeKalb.

Superintendent of Electric Jason Bird explained the natural gas main situation to the council, saying the gas main to the plant has been closed for about a month. A natural gas leak, identified by Nicor, should be addressed by this replacement work, Bird said.

The replacement work will involve the installation of four valves, with each valve connected two of the city’s eight engines within the electric plant. Up to this point, one valve was responsible for all eight engines. If there was any gas leak problem, all eight engines had to be shut down, Bird said.

After Monday’s meeting, Cain said the electric power did operate as needed during this last month. The engines were run by diesel fuel for that time, he said. Operating the engines by natural gas is a lot cheaper, he said.

The residents of Princeton were not affected by the problems within the plant, the major said. The concern was a cost-saving issue for the city, he said.

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