The Town of Lantana is ratifying an emergency expenditure of 99620 to Cacique Utilities LLC for repair and replacement work at Lift Station #5, following a March 31, 2026 high-level alarm complaint and discovery of damaged piping and rails beyond in‑house capabilities. Cacique replaced two pump bases, concrete, piping, four pump rails, and provided seven days of 24/7 bypass operations and monitoring, with funding coming from utility reserves and budget amendments to follow. While the immediate repair work and vendor selection are already decided, this signal shows the Town’s wastewater infrastructure is aging and that they rely on outside utility contractors when in-house staff cannot handle scope. Vendors offering sewer construction, lift-station rehab, asset management, condition assessment, or emergency bypass services could position themselves for future planned rehabs, redundancy upgrades, or on‑call emergency contracts as Lantana continues implementing its 2023 Integrated Master Plan and related projects.

Funding sourced from available reserves with formal budget amendment to be processed later, indicati...