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Medical Lake council approves broadband lease, wastewater design commitment and other routine items
Summary
At its March 4, 2025 meeting the Medical Lake City Council approved a lease with Broadlink to place wireless equipment on the city water tower, committed site control and design funding to enable a sewer lift station project tied to a $300,000 legislative appropriation, and approved routine consent items including minutes and claim warrants.
The Medical Lake City Council on March 4, 2025 approved a series of resolutions and routine items, including a lease with Broadlink for use of the city water tower to mount broadband equipment, and a site-control and funding commitment needed to access a $300,000 state appropriation for wastewater system design.
The council voted unanimously to approve a lease under which Broadlink will pay the city $1,200 per month to place wireless antenna sectors on the city water tower; council also approved a 30-day termination clause in the agreement. The council approved a separate resolution designating site control and committing city funds to support design work for a lift-station and a 24-inch gravity main intended to relieve capacity on the Lakeshore sewer line. Council members also approved consent agenda items including minutes and claim warrants.
Why it matters: The lease with Broadlink is intended to expand non‑fiber broadband coverage into underserved areas north and west of Medical Lake by using the water tower as a wireless node. The wastewater resolution is an early step to use a $300,000 legislative appropriation to design capacity improvements that officials say will reduce stress on a Lakeshore sewer line installed in the 1960s and now operating at about 90% capacity.
Outcomes and votes at the meeting (all motions passed unanimously unless noted):
- Approval of meeting minutes for Feb. 18, 2025 — motion passed. - Approval of claim warrants (numbers cited in meeting: 522553, 522295) in the amount of $617,496.57 — motion passed. - Resolution 25‑7‑37: Lease agreement with Broadlink for water-tower wireless equipment (monthly fee $1,200; 30‑day out clause) — motion passed. - Resolution (summer concert series contract): Service agreement with Hero Events to support the 2025 summer concert series — motion passed. - Resolution (site control & commitment of funds for wastewater improvements): Designation of site control and commitment of funds to pursue design and grant agreement for a lift station and 24‑inch gravity main using the $300,000 legislative appropriation — motion passed.
Details, motions and provenance: Actions recorded in the meeting minutes included motions to approve each resolution and the consent items. The transcript records each motion and the council’s unanimous voice votes. The city did not record any roll-call vote tallies in the transcript; the clerk recorded the motions as passing unanimously.
Next steps: Staff will proceed with engineering and permitting work tied to the Broadlink lease (Broadlink estimated roughly 2–3 weeks to finalize engineering and roughly a month for infrastructure set-up, with a target of about three months before ISPs can advertise service) and the wastewater design work to position the city to receive the $300,000 appropriation for design and future grant phases. Further council review and formal design approvals will follow as engineering options are developed.
Ending: Additional informational items discussed during the meeting included a public‑works self‑assessment, a cybersecurity grant performance report and a workshop on the regional Commute Trip Reduction plan; none of those items required council action at this meeting.
