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Dell Rapids council approves purchase of seven solar trail lights
Summary
The Dell Rapids City Council voted to buy seven solar trail lights from Dells Electric to add lighting on an unlit section of the riverside trail, funding the purchase from the parks master plan budget and keeping the purchase under the city's bid threshold.
Dell Rapids City Council members voted to buy seven solar trail lights from Dells Electric during their meeting, a move council members said is intended to improve safety on a partly unlit riverside trail.
Council member Nelson moved to purchase seven lights and Ron Sogut seconded; the motion passed on a voice vote. The seven-unit purchase was chosen specifically to keep the project under the city's $50,000 bid threshold for supplies and services.
The council's parks steering committee had earlier identified trail lighting as a 2025 priority. Staff told the council the parks master plan budget initially allocated $150,000 for related park work and that remaining funds could cover up to eight installed solar units at about $6,400 each, including pole, pad, rebar and concrete. "We could get up to 8 trail…
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