Cemetery water line debated

The Boulder City Council discussed a proposal May 21 to install a six-inch water line up the new cemetery road.

Dennis Wortman, public works director, said the existing water line crosses private property owned by Buster Bullock and the city has no easement for the line. It is only about two feet deep and leaks frequently, he said. Getting a line into an easement the city now has along the new cemetery road would clarify legality for the future, Wortman said.

Bullock said he did not start out wanting to do a subdivision in the area. Having the shallow line across the middle of his property makes the land less useful, he said. “I just wanted the easement straightened out,” he said.