Repairs have been made, spare parts are ready to go and the Kingfisher Water Department has put other safeguards in place in hopes of avoiding another citywide outage like the one that occurred here Sept. 27.

During his report to the city commission during its regular October meeting last Tuesday, City Manager Jim Thomas said he had a thorough “after action” discussion with the water department staff re pa ag si la sa cu since the incident, which caused an outage in the city for about 12 hours.

The outage was caused by a water leak, which flooded integral parts of the plant’s operations.

Thomas said the leak came through a broken one-inch chlorine pipe line.

He said the PVC pipe has been replaced with a “poly-lined pipe” which is much more secure and new pumps have been installed with a spare pump purchased and “on the shelf” waiting in case another failure occurred.

An alarm system, which will alert two water department employees so they will be advised instantly if a crisis occurs, has also been installed.

Thomas commented that he was very apprecia-tive of all city employees for stepping up in his absence as he was away from the city for the birth of a grandchild when the leak occurred.

“Everyone stepped up and just did a wonderful job in fixing the problem in record time,” he said.

He also wanted to publicly thank Allen Ludwig of Tony’s Electric for helping with the repairs of the one of the pumps.

He also thanked citizens of the community and surrounding communites for their help and support during the outage.

In related business, the commissioners approved the purchase of two electric motors for the water station, one for $10,762.15 and the other for $4,980.40. Thomas commented that sales tax collections were less than last year’s at this point and he said that was cause for concern regarding keeping a tight rein on expenses.