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St. Paul council approves street closures, construction pay request and multiple budget items
Summary
At its Aug. 5 meeting the St. Paul City Council approved street closures for National Night Out, a $191,604.88 pay request for the Middle Loup River Subdivision, a sewer-camera purchase, a pasture lease, and consent-agenda disbursements; most motions passed unanimously.
The St. Paul City Council on Aug. 5 approved a series of routine and project-specific measures including street closures for the St. Paul Community National Night Out, a construction pay request for the Middle Loup River Subdivision and several budgetary items.
The council voted 4-0 to close 6th Street from Indian to Jay and Indian Street between 6th and 5th beginning at 6 p.m. on Aug. 6 to accommodate the community’s National Night Out event, a motion moved by Council member Katie Kowalski and seconded by Council member Bill Peters.
Council members also approved Elsbury Construction LLC’s Pay Request #5 for $191,604.88 to cover stored material for water and sanitary sewer, storm sewer pipe installation and dewatering. The council authorized disbursing $105,000 from the Economic Development (Sales Tax) account and $86,604.88 from Checking Account #300100027 for street, water and sewer costs; the motion passed 4-0.
Separately, the council voted unanimously to add a Gemini II Robotic Mainline Sewer Crawler System to the 2024–2025 Sewer Budget (camera purchase budgeted at $23,000; system valued at $32,995) and to accept a three-year pasture lease for the City water well-field from Robert and Linda Kanter for $12,160, effective May 15, 2025 through Oct. 14, 2027.
The council also approved the consent agenda covering the June 2024 Treasurer’s Report, minutes from July meetings, Aug. 5 disbursements and an internal transfer to pay invoices. The consent vote included multiple routine vendor and payroll disbursements and allocations associated with ongoing capital projects.
Why it matters: The motions commit sales-tax and checking-account funds to an active subdivision project and routine city operations, and they clear logistical details for an immediate community event. The Elsbury pay request in particular moves a large construction invoice through the city’s sales-tax and checking accounts, affecting cash flow for ongoing infrastructure work.
What’s next: Several items—most notably a citizen-proposed development access issue at a vacated 3rd Street—were set for further consideration at the Aug. 19 council meeting, where staff will present cost estimates and additional details.
