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Council backs water well funding steps; approves $25,000 to plug Well 43
Summary
Council approved using $25,000 of savings to abandon Water Well 43 and received an update that the GLO environmental review for Water Well #5 concluded without issues; packet lists Water Well #5 cost at $1,050,000 with a GLO grant of $593,800.
Council approved the use of $25,000 in city savings to abandon and plug Water Well 43, a cost the mayor said would reduce the amount needing financing as part of the larger GLO Water Well #5 project.
Staff materials in the meeting packet list Water Well #5 (drill and connect) cost at $1,050,000 with a General Land Office grant of $593,800 and a loan for $456,200. Council also heard that the GLO environmental review for Contract #24-065-042 — the Water Well #5 project — concluded with no issues and the request for release of funds was accepted. The motions to approve the well-plugging funds and to proceed with related engineering negotiations were recorded as passed.
