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Council considers $8,650 estimate to add domestic water and fund cemetery restoration
Summary
Wallsburg council heard an $8,650 estimate to extend a domestic water tap to the cemetery, discussed procurement and capital funding, and scheduled May headstone‑cleaning clinics and an April cemetery cleanup.
Council members discussed two cemetery-related items: volunteer cleanup and a proposed domestic water hookup to support irrigation and headstone restoration.
Doyle Gardner (referenced by council) will lead headstone-cleaning clinics on Saturdays in May to teach volunteers how to clean and right pioneer headstones; the town agreed to reimburse chemicals and to provide some drainage rock and supplies. The Chair announced a town cemetery cleanup scheduled for Monday, April 6 to remove seasonal items.
On infrastructure, the town reviewed an estimate from Sam (town engineer/contractor referenced in the discussion) to tie a domestic line into an existing 3‑inch line and install a tap at the cemetery. The council discussed routing across the road, bedding and drain rock specifications and whether the work requires formal bids. A member reported the estimate as "$8,650" and said the town engineer can write a scope for bidding. “He had a price of, $8,650,” a council member said when summarizing the estimate. Members asked staff to check procurement rules, potential capital funds (about $100,000 in capital savings was mentioned) and to ask the town engineer and Troy for a written plan and cost breakdown before moving to procurement.
Councilors discussed whether the project is a capital expense and how to phase or split work to fit procurement rules; staff committed to get detailed specs from the engineer and to return cost and funding options at a future meeting.
