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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Posted: Apr 04 2012 at 11:08am |
At the Council Meeting last night they approved 6-0, the painting of the Blue Ball Water Tower for $293,000 + $35,000 for the inspection paid for from the Water Fund. How many lawyers were sitting in the room last night?
Remember in December 2011 the City Council told us we were going broke. This is the perfect example of how they waste tax dollars after they just raised our water rates. So here we are 4 months later and we are painting a water tower before the scheduled maintenance date is due because they want the NEW CITY LOGO on this water tower!! And NOT one council member voted NO! |
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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Ouch
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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The age old questions need to be asked...
Did the city get more than one bid before signing the last contract? Did the city contact a metallurgist to get their opinion concerning what the paint contractor was proposing in order to verify the job would be done correctly? Suggest this time, a metallurgist sit in on the specifics offered by the paint contractor to add expertise to city leaders who don't have a clue what it takes to treat corrosion, besides buying a can of Rustoleum. Did the city make sure their was a guarantee with the contract and for how many years was the job guaranteed? I work with corrosion at WP for the AF. There is a specific method used to prepare surfaces that are prone to flash rusting such as metals prior to priming and topcoating the surface. If not used, the results will be poor as to longevity of service. Gotta sandblast and clean the surface first. Alodine, as a corrosion inhibitor along with Deoxing the surface should be considered along with using high endurance, corrosion resistant primers and topcoats mixed at the proper ratios and applied at the proper mil thicknesses. If not done properly, you will never get near the service versus the money outlay. JMO |
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Vivian Moon
MUSA Council Joined: May 16 2008 Location: Middletown, Ohi Status: Offline Points: 4187 |
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Vet Vet this wasn’t about rust….this was about wanting the NEW CITY LOGO on the water tower. |
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viper771
MUSA Resident Joined: Mar 16 2009 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 221 |
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Give me some scaffolding and a ladder. I would paint that thing over the summer for 1000s less!!
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acclaro
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1878 |
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The new logo...something like this on the H2O tower?
OR THIS: |
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'An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.' - Winston Churchill
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409
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 27 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
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Work is in progress at the tower.
You can vaguely see part of the old logo below the scaffold. |
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USPRO6
MUSA Immigrant Joined: Jan 25 2012 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 29 |
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Speaking of painting...the MiddletownUSA.com Building looks great with the recent paint, John.
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Shonn Silvers
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ktf1179
MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 19 2012 Status: Offline Points: 518 |
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Yeah and adding a stones to the cement wall defiantly helps. Now if we can only get the city to build some sidewalks built along 122 and Grand Ave. so people don't risk getting hit as they walk to the stores in mall area.
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409
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 27 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
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VietVet
MUSA Council Joined: May 15 2008 Status: Offline Points: 7008 |
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Looks good. Found more money to finish out the lettering, did they?
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Pacman
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jun 02 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2612 |
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I have to agree with Vivian, I moved here in November in 2004, And the water tower was painted 2 or 3 years after I moved here. Which probably would have been in 2006 or 2007(guestimate). I would say that if a city the size of Middletown can not look back into it's records and find when the last time it had it's water tower painted, who painted it, what type of gaurentee they got with the paint job and how much it cost, there is a serious flaw with leadership and financial dept in Middletown. I was in business for 22 yrs and I have very check and bill that I have written for the 15 yrs stored in my basement. It is sad that it appears that this was done just to get the new logo on the water tower and that NOONE on council bothered to even question this matter.
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Bill
MUSA Citizen Joined: Nov 04 2009 Status: Offline Points: 710 |
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Looks better, I guess. A pet peeve of mine is why is there a need to incorporate the river into the logos? It's not like a town being on water is unique. Just about any town or city around here is on some type of river. What's the big deal?
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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Thanks, it does look much better.
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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Great photos! Thanks again!
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