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Pellston council adopts planning document to pursue village public water system
Summary
The Village of Pellston adopted the FY2026 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Project Planning Document and selected a public water system alternative using a village well, designating President James Gillett as the authorized representative to implement the project.
The Village of Pellston on May 12 adopted the FY2026 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Project Planning Document and selected the alternative to implement a public water system using a village well for source water, treatment, transmission, distribution and storage.
Steve Warren of consultant OHM presented the planning document to the council, laying out project needs, alternatives, construction schedule, costs, social and environmental impacts, mitigation measures and anticipated benefits. The council held a question-and-answer session that the minutes say closed at 8:27 p.m. After discussion, Councilmember Steve Hall moved and President James Gillett was designated as the council’s authorized representative for implementation activities; the resolution was adopted as recorded in the minutes.
Why it matters: adopting the planning document authorizes the village to proceed with steps needed for a potential SRF-funded water system, including design, environmental review and grant/loan applications. Council’s vote does not itself complete construction; subsequent engineering, permitting and funding steps will follow.
Council members and staff did not record detailed cost estimates or a project schedule in the minutes beyond those presented in the planning document; the council’s action was to formally adopt the document and to move forward with the selected alternative. During public comment at the meeting’s end, Diane Kowalski-Smith thanked the council, OHM and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for their work on the potential municipal water system.
Next steps: the planning-document adoption authorizes the village to pursue the DWSRF process and related tasks under the SRF program; the minutes do not specify timelines, funding sources beyond the SRF program, or an exact construction schedule.
