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Hibbing approves sewer lining, sidewalk and paving contracts and several wastewater purchases
Summary
The council awarded major 2025 infrastructure contracts — sanitary sewer lining (low bid to Insituform), sidewalk work to McGalls Construction and paving to Mesabi by Tuminez — and approved wastewater purchases including pump parts, a garage door, aluminum sulfate supply and a backwash pump rebuild; several transcript numbers contain anomalies and were flagged for verification.
Hibbing City Council on March 12 approved multiple infrastructure awards and maintenance purchases for 2025.
City Engineer/Public Works Director Jesse Story reported bids and quotes across several projects. For the 2025 sanitary sewer lining project he recommended awarding the low bid to Insituform; the council approved the award. In the transcript the low bid was reported as "$1,363,002,210.16" while the project budget was reported as $1,684,000; council discussion noted the bid came in under budget. The recorded low‑bid figure appears inconsistent with the budgeted amount and likely reflects a transcription or reporting anomaly; the city packet or clerk's office should be consulted for the official contract amount.
Story also reported a low quote of $79,956 from McGalls Construction for the city's sidewalk project (city portion $63,087; residential portion $8,168) and recommended awarding the work to McGalls; council approved the award. For the 2025 paving project the low bid was reported from Mesabi by Tuminez at $1,282,691.05 (about $200,000 under budget); council awarded that contract.
Superintendent of Wastewater Dave Hurd presented several maintenance and repair items. He asked council to approve replacement pump parts (approx. $7,874 plus shipping), a replacement garage door and exterior key switches for the chlorine building (quoted at about $3,990), and recommended Hawkins Chemical for aluminum sulfate supply after comparing bids (transcript lists Hawkins at "$6.50 per dry ton" and another bid at "$648 per dry ton" alongside a chemical concentration difference remark). Hurd also reported a rebuild quote for a backwash pump (quoted about $38,931 plus shipping) with an expected lead time of up to six months; council approved the rebuild and the other listed purchases on voice votes.
Councilors remarked that the sewer lining project coming in under budget was positive. The meeting record includes a number of numeric inconsistencies (notably the sanitary lining low bid) that should be validated against official bid documents before publication or expenditure authorization.
