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Isanti council awards site work and well‑drilling bids for Well No. 4; includes optional fine‑sediment screen
Summary
The City Council approved a site‑work bid and a single well‑driller proposal for the Well No. 4 project and approved an alternate 'screen' option to address fine‑sediment risks; councilors were told the combined work is under prior estimates.
The Isanti City Council voted to accept a site‑work bid and to award the drilling contract for Well No. 4, with an alternate screen option to address possible fine‑sediment at the new well.
Staff recommended awarding the drilling work despite receiving only one driller bid, saying the single bidder was a respected contractor able to meet the project’s timeline. “If we want to get it done in a year, we’re actually fairly happy with this bid,” a staff member told the council. The staff presentation said combining the awarded site work with the drilling bid leaves the project about $123,000 below the city’s most recent cost estimate and roughly $500,000 less than…
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