Tim Potter
34:54 - 36:06
“looking at the utility and its infrastructure And proposed improvement as an asset management system meant that you would repair, maintain, extend as appropriate for the needs of the city and the bankroll.”
- Speaker
- Tim Potter
- Timestamp
- 34:54 – 36:06
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
And, you know, it doesn't seem like that should be such a mystery, but it was a huge transitional time as far as AWWU goes, as far as I'm concerned, that, that looking at the utility and its infrastructure And proposed improvement as an asset management system meant that you would repair, maintain, extend as appropriate for the needs of the city and the bankroll. If you simply put the pipes in the ground and let them rot, then you get to replace them all at a much bigger price. And you have the downfalls that occur when, say, all the wood-stave pipes in downtown fail, and you basically have to shut down the downtown in the middle of winter trying to deal with that situation. And he found a way to, through a phased approach, get that taken care of. And you'd replace the required pipes and infrastructure on a scheduled basis that made sense and allowed you to do it before the system failed.
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