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Little Falls council approves multiple infrastructure contracts and equipment purchases
Summary
The Little Falls City Council on April 6 approved awards for election booths, parks and wastewater projects, a roof replacement, pier decking and authorized intent to purchase a used pumper-tender truck and surplus sales, as staff said many items were in the 2026 budget.
The Little Falls City Council on April 6 approved a series of contract awards and equipment purchases covering election equipment, parks work, wastewater construction and city fleet replacements.
Alex, a city staff member overseeing elections, told the council the city’s existing voting booths “are at the end of their reasonable lifetime” and recommended purchasing 30 standard booths and three ADA-compliant booths from Americanmade Election Equipment; the council voted to award the low quote.
City engineer Greg walked through several public-works and parks purchases. He asked the council to ratify procurement of water-main components already ordered for the splash pad and changing-room project from Corin Main and to approve an $88,500 roof replacement quote for the wastewater control building and garage, noting the 2026 budget allocated $90,000 for the work. Greg also described using a $10,000 donation from the Westside Improvement Association to pay a $7,200 proposal to repair decking and install a ramp at the Westside Fishing Pier; council approved those expenditures.
On a larger construction item, Greg said five bids were opened for the wastewater treatment facility Phase 2 dewatering project and recommended awarding the contract to Shank Constructors; council approved the award. For Public Improvement 416 (1st Avenue Southeast), staff reported a single bid from Knife River Corporation at about $883,000 versus an engineer’s estimate of $828,000; after discussion about re-bidding and timing constraints the council adopted Resolution 2026-25 to award the work.
Fire Department leadership presented an intent-to-purchase for a used 2007 pumper-tender truck for $125,000 and said the department would declare two existing apparatus surplus; council authorized the purchase. Later in the meeting staff listed multiple surplus items (about 70 worn 32-gallon garbage cans, six older service handguns slated for trade-in, and two fire apparatus tied to the pumper-tender purchase) and the council approved declaring them surplus and authorizing sale or trade-in.
The police chief also asked the council to approve a confidential settlement agreement and release with Oracle America Inc., negotiated during closed session; the council voted to approve the settlement.
The council handled the purchases and awards as budgeted or previously discussed in staff briefings; most items were charged to the appropriate improvement or project funds and included the standard motion/second and roll-call or voice votes.
