Ellsworth city crews repaired Monday’s water main break on East Second Street near the Ellsworth Golf Course and normal service has been restored to customers.

That was the word from Ellsworth City Administrator Dustin Stambaugh early Tuesday morning in a telephone interview with the Independent-Reporter.

Stambaugh got a text at 6:17 p.m. Monday from city sewer and water superintendent Joe Travnichek with the news.

At Monday’s meeting of the Ellsworth City Council, Stambaugh said the break occurred around 12:15 p.m. on the north side of the of the street across from the golf cart shed at the Ellsworth Golf Course.

Stambaugh said he was visiting the golf course at that time when a golfer came in and notified staff of the break.

He said a fact-finding investigation is underway into the exact cause of the water main break. Stambaugh did note, however, that Wilson Communications was in the area upgrading fiber optics.

Another water main break occurred Feb. 2 when another telecommunications company was working.

That break, which triggered a 48-hour boil water advisory, was due to inaccurately marked water lines by city staff.

In other business:

• Approval was given to replace the old automated weather observing system (AWOS) at the Ellsworth Airport with a new one. The total cost of the project is $158,805. However, the cost to the city is just a 10 percent local match of $15,580.50.

• Approval was given to a $34,242.86 bid from Turfwerks for irrigation pump house upgrades at the Ellsworth Golf Course.

• Approval was given to a request from the Ellsworth County Council on Aging to provide their annual distribution of $11,000.

• During a discussion on Krizek Park, Stambaugh suggested a citizens task force be formed to gather resident input on what to do next with the park. Council President Wayne Scritchfield, who was presiding over the meeting in the absence of Mayor Dan Finnegan, said he would like to wait until Finnegan was present to continue the discussion because Finnegan has some strong opinions on the subject.

• Angela Mueller, city treasurer, said city hall had some sewer backup last week. She noted several other businesses also experienced sewer backup as well. Mueller said an inmate crew was brought in to clean up and sanitize the effected area at city hall.

• No action was taken after a 10-minute executive session to discuss non-elected personnel (employee performance).

The next meeting of the Ellsworth City Council will be at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 13, at city hall.