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City staff: plans for lead service line replacement sent to Department of Health; funding appears capped
Summary
City staff told the commission that plans and specs for a lead service line replacement project were submitted to the Department of Health for plan review and that the roughly $200,000 in expected funding appears to be limited; staff said they plan to file at the next meeting and advertise for bids.
Staff reported the plans and specifications for the city’s lead service line replacement project have been submitted to the Department of Health for plan review and that the city expects to file the project at the next commission meeting and advertise for bids.
Steve summarized the status: “plans and specs for the lead service line replacement project, those were submitted to Department of Health um for their plan review,” and said he expected the filing to occur at the commission’s next meeting before starting the bid process.
Staff said the roughly $200,000 in funding the city anticipated for the work appears to have been limited by the Department of Health. Steve described the change as a cap on that funding, saying the agency “has kind of put a cap on that a little bit.” The commission did not receive a written confirmation of the cap amount and staff said additional details from the Department of Health were pending.
Department head Dottie said water crews are continuing door-to-door inspections to identify possible lead service connections and that crews are installing meters as scheduled. She estimated the number of remaining homes the crews need to reach at roughly 25–30.
Staff also said the Lime Pond cleaning project remains on the work slate; Brian indicated he is working with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to clarify technical questions about that project before moving forward.
Next steps: staff said they will wait for any Department of Health comments on the submitted plans, finalize the filing at the commission’s next meeting and then begin advertising for bids. The commission did not take further action on the project at this meeting.
