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Mayor thanks staff, announces $1M grant for water work; says drinking water not impacted
Summary
The mayor thanked a retiring employee and credited Representative Underwood with securing a $1,000,000 grant to help offset water/wastewater project costs, and assured residents the city's drinking water currently has no negative impact despite recent news reports.
During the mayor's report the chair thanked longtime city employee Mike Nast for 25 years of service and announced that Representative Underwood had helped secure a $1,000,000 congressional grant to offset costs related to water system maintenance and other needs.
The chair framed the grant as support for the city's work to reduce taxpayer burdens while clarifying recent media coverage. "There's nothing that's incorrect, and we are in political season right now," the chair said, adding that reports had implied a more severe problem than exists. "There is no negative impact to drinking water or anything like that right now," the chair said, further describing the work as replacement of a brittle transient line that would be expensive to repair if it failed.
The mayor asked for patience with city staff while projects proceed and encouraged applications for a vacancy in the street department and for board-level volunteer openings related to upcoming events and celebrations.
No formal council action was required for the grant announcement; council members thanked Representative Underwood and city staff.
