The City has been working for over a year to obtain funds to make needed improvements to our water and sewer systems. Our staff, including financial consultants and our engineering firm, C2AE, have been planning and engineering to help accomplish this important work. If all goes well, the project construction will begin in 2010.
Today, the City Council took an important step in the process of making these improvements. They approved making an application to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) for the projects shown at the link below. Click on the link to see a map showing where all the projects are located. If you have any questions, please contact me.
USDA-RD%20Project%20Locations.pdf
Making all the improvements shown on this map may cause an increase in water and sewer rates of about 34%. This rate increase may be reduced depending on exactly what work is done and what other funding and financing become available. City Council, and staff members, such as Chuck Keiliszewski, Water Superintendent, Ray Hansen, Waste Water Treatment Plant Superintendent, and myself do not want to increase the rates; however, if we don't make the needed improvements to the water and sewer systems, failures in the system will cause service disruption and even greater expenses in the years ahead.
The proposed changes are throughout the City and effect the water quality and sewer disposal of everyone; therefore, the cost of the work will not be levied as a special assessment, but as a rate increase for all customers.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
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