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Crookston council approves $41,000 E2S task order for preliminary engineering on three 2026 projects
Summary
The Crookston City Council voted to approve E2S task order number 25, a $41,000 contract to produce preliminary engineering reports for three 2026 capital projects: lift station #5 rehabilitation, Strander Street and South Minnesota Avenue improvements, and Front Street stormwater outfall work.
The Crookston City Council approved Resolution E.01 to accept E2S task order number 25, authorizing $41,000 for preliminary engineering reports on several 2026 capital improvement projects.
City staff described the task order as covering three projects: rehabilitation of lift station number five, improvements to Strander Street and South Minnesota Avenue (including water-main redundancy and pipe replacement), and a permanent fix for the recurring Front Street stormwater outfall failures. The council was told all task-order costs are included in the 2026 budget.
Stephen (Steven) Slik, the E2S engineer presenting to the council, described safety and performance reasons for the lift station work. He said the lift station’s dry well is approximately 25 feet deep and narrow, creating confined-space and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) hazards that make maintenance dangerous. The Front Street outfall was characterized as a long-standing problem in which misaligned joints and degraded reinforced-concrete pipe have created erosion and sinkholes during storm events.
A motion to approve the resolution was made by Morgan, seconded by Henry; the council conducted roll-call votes and the motion carried unanimously. Councilmembers were told the task order will refine project scopes, identify constraints and provide cost estimates to inform any future construction decisions.
Next steps: E2S will deliver preliminary engineering reports and refined cost estimates; staff will return to the council with that information to guide final project authorization.
