WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. December 3, 2007: Commissioner of Public Works Joseph Nicoletti told WPCNR shortly before 5 PM tonight that he expected to get City Hall heated and electrified by Tuesday morning.

City Engineers reparing boiler  as of 5 P.M in the sub-basement where some 40,000 gallons of water (by WPCNR estimate) had flooded the area over the weekend.

At 5 PM Nicoletti told WPCNR repairs were being made to one of the boilers, bringing in spare parts "from every place" and from Fire Station 7. He said they only needed one to get heat flowing back into the building. The Commissioner said the electric panels were being replaced  one by one, (having all been submerged under 8 feet of water by a main break "over the weekend.") 

The Commissioner said he has not isolated the source of the leak, but after investigation, he said,  it appears to be coming from a fire hydrant "spur" on Main Street in front of City Hall. However, the Commissioner is not sure of that at this time, but that is where the problem seems to have developed.

Inside City Hall as of 5 PM there were no lights and no heat. Emergency lights were being lit by mobile generators, stringing powerlines into the building.

Arrangements for this evening's Common Council Meeting were in place at the White Plains Public Library at 7:30 PM. There will be no Citizens to Be Heard segment. No television is available until the videotape on Wednesday at 7 on Government Access, Channel 75