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McGregor council approves Phase 1 of updated water master plan for industrial park
Summary
Council approved a two-phase water master-plan update, prioritizing an industrial-park analysis to be funded from the McGregor Industrial Park Fund; the motion carried with one abstention.
The McGregor City Council voted June 22 to move forward with Phase 1 of an update to the city’s water master plan, focusing first on the industrial park and later on the rest of the community. Council approved the professional services proposal by voice vote; the transcript records the motion carrying with one abstention.
A presenter said the existing master plan is out of date and did not address recent regional developments — including potential additional water sources and the abandonment of a generation facility — and noted the city has hired a water modeler for the local wellfield and southern Trinity wells. "We're going to do it two phases. Phase one would be for the industrial park and phase two would be for the balance of the community," the presenter said, adding that phase-one costs are expected to be covered by the McGregor Industrial Park Fund.
Council questions centered on industrial-park capacity and water-rights calculations. Staff noted an approved meter extension project from Blue Bonnet would increase available capacity by about 0.5 MGD and that the city currently has three wells in the park with combined output in the range of several hundred gallons per minute. The presenter said the update is intended to analyze collective impacts across the system rather than piecemeal projects.
The council approved the proposal after a motion and second; the transcript notes a single abstention but does not record a roll-call tally.
