(KLZA)-- The Pawnee City Council approved a water tower maintenance agreement with Maguire Iron 
when they met Monday evening. 

The water tower is in need of repair and painting.  Under the agreement, Maguire Iron will develop a 4-year plan which will include making needed repairs and painting the water tower.

This winter, the company will develop a plan to drain the water tower and paint the inside of it.  This is expected to be a four-week process. The water tower will be out of service for four weeks when the project is done.

The agreement calls for Pawnee City to pay the company just over $47-thousand dollars over the four-year period.  

In the future, the maintenance plan will continue at a cost of $4,440 annually, once the initial repairs have been completed.