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Otsego council awards $9.2M Wellhouse No. 3 construction contract, approves $1.9M pressure vessels and $1.45M engineering amendment
Summary
The Otsego City Council unanimously awarded construction and equipment contracts for the Wellhouse No. 3 Water Treatment Plant and approved a $1.45 million amendment to the owner-engineer agreement, advancing a multiyear utility project intended to expand water treatment capacity.
The Otsego City Council on May 26 unanimously approved a package of contracts and a professional services amendment for the Wellhouse No. 3 Water Treatment Plant project.
AE2S Engineer Ryan Hanson presented the project and described added marketing and communications work that will be coordinated with city staff. The council adopted Resolution 2026-43 to award the construction contract to Rice Lake Construction Group for $9,194,600 and adopted Resolution 2026-44 awarding Kurita America, Inc. $1,913,331 for the pressure vessel procurement. The council also approved an Amendment No. 1 to the Owner-Engineer Agreement with Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC. for $1,445,700 to cover additional marketing, communications and instrumentation and controls (I&C) work; all three votes were 5-0.
“We will coordinate with Communications and the Utility Manager to track the metrics for what is being viewed,” AE2S Engineer Ryan Hanson said, noting the project’s public-facing materials are intended to be ADA-compliant and to be bundled with other city projects for outreach.
City Engineer Ron Wagner and council members discussed project presentation materials and mapping of water development progress. Councilmember Corey Tanner asked whether the construction services amendment included a running total of change orders; Hanson said the amendment covered additional work items and that a running cumulative total was not presented at the meeting.
The approvals move forward a multiyear capital project to build a new water treatment facility. The transcript does not specify funding sources or whether federal or state grants are contributing; the minutes record only contract amounts and that staff will continue communication and coordination steps. Next steps noted at the meeting include contract execution and coordination of communications materials with city staff and AE2S.
