Water Sewer and Storm Infrastructure Projects

At a glance

• What: water, sewer and storm drainage projects: watermain replacements, lead service line identification, the Little Roosevelt Low Head Dam, Storm Sewer District 125, treatment chemicals and equipment.
• Where it stands: watermain projects 5043 and 5044 had a public hearing 2026-08-17 and DWSRF loan resolutions on 2026-11-02; lead service identification phases 2 and 3 had a hearing 2026-09-08. Outcomes not read.
• Next: check minutes; more water-sewer awards are on the 2026-11-16 agenda.

Details

• Little Roosevelt Low Head Dam: low bid $755,652 (2026-08-17), contingent on a state grant.
• 2027 chemical bids on 2026-11-02 included chlorine at $2,100 per ton and lime at $251.25 per ton.
• Built from agendas only; the posted minutes and agenda packets were not read, so outcomes are not recorded.

Sources

• Agenda for 2026-08-17: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7502,plainText=false)
• Agenda for 2026-09-08: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7552,plainText=false)
• Agenda for 2026-10-19: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7625,plainText=false)
• Agenda for 2026-11-02: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7643,plainText=false)
• Agenda for 2026-11-16: https://minotnd.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=7661,plainText=false)

Log

2026-08-17 - City Council

• Public hearing on the Blaisdell-Baird Addition and Central Ave and Garden Valley watermain replacement projects (5043 and 5044); the recommended action was to close the hearing and provide any modifications.
• Little Roosevelt Low Head Dam remediation: recommended award to Park Construction Company at a low bid of $755,652 (total $778,321.56 with contingency), contingent on a state Department of Water Resources grant.
• Storm Sewer District 125 engineering selection (HDR recommended) and an easement for an SRT fiber connection to the aeration pond blower building.

2026-09-08 - City Council

• Public hearings on the PY 2025 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for HUD, and on the lead service line identification project, phases 2 and 3 (4926.2 and 4926.3).
• Consent: final payments on the Perkett Ditch Improvements Phase 2 ($112,577.30) and for airport wildlife hazard and airfield ditch work; an airport ground lease and hangar agreement was pulled from the agenda; NDDOT Broadway ADA cost participation agreement.

2026-10-19 - City Council

• Final payments: 2026 street seal ($307,336.26), landfill leachate forcemain reroute ($332,485.00), 2025 East Burdick frontage road ($56,156.64) and Dacotah Homes and 2nd Ave watermain replacement ($143,519.02).

2026-11-02 - City Council

• Watermain replacement projects 5043 and 5044: resolutions to apply for a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan. Also on the agenda: 2027 water and wastewater chemical bids (carbon dioxide, chlorine, calcium nitrate, ammonium sulfate and lime) and the 2026 street improvement north areas final payment.

2026-11-16 - City Council

• Water-sewer items: backhoe loader lease award (Butler Machinery, $12,232.11 per year for five years), rejection of the lone bid for a water department pickup, and final payment of $99,400.00 to Dig It Up Backhoe Services for the Parkview Mobile Home Park demolition.