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Whitefish council awards $6.632M bid for 1,000,000‑gallon elevated water tank; SRF loan and impact fees to fund project

Whitefish City Council · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The council unanimously approved awarding the bid to Landmark Structures for a 1,000,000‑gallon elevated storage tank at a low bid of $6,632,000, funded primarily through the State Revolving Fund with about $1 million in impact‑fee funds and anticipated principal forgiveness.

The Whitefish City Council unanimously approved a staff recommendation to award a $6,632,000 contract to Landmark Structures to build a 1,000,000‑gallon composite elevated water storage tank at the city shop on 18th Street.

Public Works Director Craig Workman summarized the multi‑phase effort that began in 2017: distribution modeling, preliminary siting and an engineering report. Workman said the low bid of $6,632,000 was about $132,000 (roughly 2%) above the staff estimate of $6,500,000. He described…

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