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Mobridge council approves nearly $1 million pay request for water main, signs off on treatment-plant and intake repairs
Summary
The Mobridge City Council on Aug. 13 approved three pay requests tied to ongoing water infrastructure work: $998,973.49 to Crow River LLC for water main work, $45,445.50 to Muth Electric for treatment-plant electrical work and $67,250 for replacement pumps and check valves at the intake.
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — The Mobridge City Council on Aug. 13 approved three payments tied to ongoing water-system projects, moving forward on a long-running water main and tank project, work at the city’s water treatment plant and repairs at the intake.
Michael Gordon, with Moore Engineering, told the council that pay request No. 5 from Crow River LLC for $998,973.49 covers the contractor’s work on the water main that runs from the cemetery north to the golf course and is “near complete.” Gordon said most of the remaining work is touch-up and that the linked tank contract — with Preload LLC — remains several months from completion. “They’re probably 1 to 2 months more out until their completion,” Gordon said of the contractor handling the tank.
Councilmembers also approved pay request No. 5 to Muth Electric LLC for $45,445.50 for electrical work at the Northwest water treatment plant. Gordon said the contractor has been running conduit and wiring for actuators and other equipment inside the plant.
Separately, the council approved $67,250 to replace two pumps and three check valves at the water intake. A city staff member overseeing the request told the council the pumps are replaced on a roughly 60,000-hour schedule and that replacing two now will allow the city to defer two other rehabilitations. “Without these pumps, we don’t get water,” the staff member said.
All three measures were moved, seconded and approved on roll call.
Why it matters: The three approvals keep a multi-contract project moving toward completion and fund repairs that city staff said are critical to maintaining water service. The council’s action funds both near-complete main-line work and shorter-term equipment replacements while the concrete tank portion of the project remains under construction.
Details: Gordon said the water-main contract covers transmission line work up to the new tank site; the tank contractor has poured most walls but needs to complete structural and finishing work. The approved electrical request covers last month’s work inside the treatment plant. The pump and valve request will replace two pumps (upper and lower level) and three check valves at the intake.
The council did not set new deadlines; Gordon’s schedule comments indicated the tank work could take another two to three months before completion.
What’s next: City staff will continue to process remaining pay requests as contractors finish work and will return to council if additional authorization is required.
