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City outlines $2.6–$2.9 million plan and funding options to repair lower reservoir
Summary
City Administrator Sam Sykes told the council the lower reservoir held up to current runoff but needs a northern wall repair estimated at roughly $2.6–$2.88 million; officials are pursuing federal disaster reimbursement, state emergency funds, USDA grants and an RFQ for engineering this week.
City Administrator Sam Sykes told the Libby City Council that the lower reservoir is "holding up well to the current runoff levels" but needs repair and replacement of the northern wall.
Sykes said the city will issue a request for qualifications this week for geotechnical and dam-certified engineers to design the work. He estimated the cost to restore the lower reservoir to its prior functional capacity at roughly $2.6 million to $2.88 million.
Sykes described three funding paths the city is…
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