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Norway council approves maintenance contract, GEI engineering extension and manifest payment
Summary
The council approved a five-year state trunk line maintenance agreement, extended a GEI engineering contract tied to a TMF lead-line grant (not to exceed $17,500), and approved a manifest payment during a meeting with a three-member quorum.
The Norway City Council approved several routine but operationally important items: a five-year state trunk line maintenance agreement that authorizes the city manager to sign the contract, an extension to GEI’s engineering contract to continue work on lead service-line verification under a TMF grant, and the council approved a manifest of payments as presented.
Council reviewed Resolution 20249, which authorizes the city manager to execute a five-year maintenance contract to allow the city to respond to winter maintenance requests and be reimbursed for work on portions of US‑8 and US‑2 within city limits. Council members noted that rates remain unchanged from the prior agreement (last executed in 2019). The motion to approve the resolution passed among members present.
On the TMF grant work related to lead service line verification, staff reported the city previously accepted about $400,000 in TMF grant funding to continue inspections. The council approved an engineering services extension with GEI not to exceed $17,500; staff said GEI’s charges will be submitted for reimbursement through the grant.
The council also approved manifest 2024-20. The amount read into the record during the meeting was $444,500 with the final digits unclear in the transcript; the council approved the manifest as presented.
Why it matters: The trunk line contract and the GEI extension enable the city to maintain roads and continue federally/state-funded work to identify and address lead service lines. The manifest approval covers the council's routine disbursements.
What’s next: Staff will execute the approved contracts and submit GEI charges for grant reimbursement. The manifest will be processed in the city’s financial system.
