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Andover considers well repair
Posted Online: Nov. 03, 2009, 11:09 pm
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By Lisa Hammer, rlhammer@qconline.com
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ANDOVER -- Trustees learned this week that repairing a village well drilled in 1954 may cost $38,000, far less than the couple of hundred thousand dollars officials had feared. Mayor David Crippen said engineers with Missman, Stanley and Associates -- after viewing a videotape taken in the well -- advised a cracked casing could be rehabilitated with a liner for $38,000. The well may not run at its full capacity after the repair, but would be sufficient; the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency suggested a repair four years ago. "We don't care if the well runs at 10 or 15 gallons per hour, as long as it runs as a backup," said Mayor Crippen. "This is something that I thought we ought to look at further." The repair will not involve pulling the casing from the well drilled in 1954. Trustees will further discuss the matter at future meetings. In other business, the board was told weather has prevented Quality Landscape of Colona from lowering the walls of Andover Lake and reinforcing them with concrete blocks. Trustees approved the work last spring; it may still be done this fall or even winter, unless the ground is too frozen. Winners of this year's scarecrow contest wer Scott Houzenga, first; Josh Hollars, second; and Gary and Doris Angel (and Heather), and Millard and Diane Lindburg, in a tie for third. Trustee Judy Olson announced activities at the Dec. 5 Christmas Walk will include a soup supper, a visit from Santa, a silent auction for miniature Christmas trees, performances at the Jenny Lind Chapel, kids' crafts and wagon rides at the park. Mayor Crippen will gather prices and pictures of decorative hardware for new picnic tables to match the park's newer benches. Trustees Olson and Connie Flowers advocated round tables for greater sociability; the men on the board were skeptical, in part citing space concerns. 
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