The news: Bartlett’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen meets Tuesday, Nov. 10, and two items stand out: a $5.68 million pipe order for a big underground sewer storage tank, and a rewritten lease with the YMCA for the Bartlett Recreation Center.

When and where: A work session at 5 p.m. at 6400 Stage Road covers the “YMCA Summer Experience.” The regular meeting follows at 6 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.

The sewer tank: The board will consider buying 132-inch-wide Weholite pipe from ISCO Industries, the distributor for Infrapipes Inc., for up to $5,683,893.34. According to the city’s agenda packet:

  • The pipe would be laid as eight parallel barrels, about 520 feet long, to hold 3 million gallons of sewage during heavy flows, on city property east of the Bartlett Fleet Services site. The site has room to grow to 6 million gallons.
  • It serves the Fletcher Creek sewer basin, which drains south into Memphis’ treatment system. Memphis asked Bartlett in 2019 to build storage tanks there; two are already running at Union Depot.
  • City staff say buying the pipe early could save about 10% in contractor markup, avoid contractor’s tax and let construction start in spring 2027. Delivery would run mid-January to mid-June, taking about 108 wide-load trucks, with the pipe stored at Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1.
  • A separate consent item would hire Community Development Partners to administer the state loan for the project, capped at $250,000.

The YMCA lease: Resolution 37-26 rewrites the 2024 lease for the Bartlett Recreation Center at 7700 Flaherty Place. A memo from Parks Director Paul Wright says the YMCA Advisory Board unanimously backs a proposed Summer Outdoor Experience, which has a $1.5 million appropriation from the state. Under the changes, the YMCA would finance, build, run and maintain the project, the city’s yearly recreation contribution would be capped at $100,000 starting in fiscal 2028, and an extra annual rent requirement would be dropped. The YMCA still leases the center for $1 a year.

Also on the agenda:

  • Quail Ridge Golf Course: an updated management deal giving Aviary Golf Management sole control of food and beverage service.
  • A $13,500 budget amendment for police officers, funded by a state recruitment and retention grant.
  • $46,456 for emergency lights on seven police vehicles.
  • Renewal of the city’s recycling contract with Republic Services.

Go deeper: Agendas and the full packet are on the City of Bartlett CivicClerk portal. We’ll follow up on what the board decides.

Source: City of Bartlett Board of Mayor and Aldermen agendas and agenda packet for Nov. 10, 2026.

Photo: Bartlett’s historic water tower by Thomas R. Machnitzki, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, cropped.