City’s new well, well underway
GLENWOOD CITY — The City Council learned Monday evening that the new well project is progressing and with the first stage completed, preparations are being made to start site work that will accommodate the new well house, pump and equipment.
Kevin Oium of Cedar Corporation explained to members of the City Council that the well has been drilled and tested. He said that the test pumped 825 gallons per minute for 24 hours with every little draw down of the water level in the well. “There is a lot of water down there,” Oium explained. Council member Ken Peterson has voiced his concern that the City’s new well could affect his private well at his home on Walnut Drive, which is just a short distance from the new facility. But he indicated at Monday night’s meeting that his well was working just find.
The new well is 775 feet deep and Oium has stated early on in this project that the new well is much deeper than the private wells in the area and draws from a different aquifer than the local wells.
Oium explained that the new well work is finished and has been capped off and the site work should begin shortly. He also told the council that the inner casing pipe had to be extended another 75 feet down into the well to get out of a sand producing formation, which could have allow sand to be pumped. Oium asked the council to approve the payment of two bills for work at the site. One was to Mineral Service Plus for well work in the amount of $126,205.63 and another to Springlake Contracting for items to support the well house, in the amount of $36,100.
In other council matters, they heard from Julie Lee about a program that the Ambulance crew is involved in. Crewmembers will be handing out small magnetic pockets called a “Fire of Life” during the Rustic Lore Parade. The are placed on the refrigerator with medical information of the people in the home. The ambulance personnel can then use this information if they are called to the home for an emergency and thus will be better informed on how to help the patient.
The council also heard from Nikki Nelson about a property line dispute at their First Street residence. She told the council that they had their property surveyed and stakes set, and they put up markers, four feet off the property line, to allow them to install a fence. The City ordinance requires that a fence must be at least three feet off the property line.
Nelson said that corn had been planted up to where they marked for the fence line and that a couple of the surveyor markers have been removed and the no trespassing sign that they had posted was missing. She was concerned about the cost of having those markers replaced. The council was not able to be of much help, but suggested that she have conversation with the other property owner, but one member noted that the corn planted on her property was her corn!
Dave Caress, the City’s Public Works Director informed the council that work should begin on replacing the retaining walls on First Street and would be completed before Rustic Lore Days. He also noted that a company is planning on being in town this week to do some annual sewer line cleaning, and that the benches on Main Street will be getting a new coat of paint.
In her report to the Council, Library Director Marilyn Blumer reported on activities at the local library. Her report indicated that “Story Time” begins on September 5th at 10 a.m. and the library will host family movie night on August 28th with the movie “Matilda” showing at 5 p.m. She also presented the council with figures showing the local municipal appropriations to their libraries within St. Croix County. She noted that Glenwood City appropriation of $25,000 was the lowest in the county, next to Deer Park. The report showed that support for the Woodville Library was $76,938 and at Baldwin, the amount is $120,000.
The council also heard from Kevin Oium about the state planned resurfacing of Highway 170 in 2021 and the request that the city participate with the state in the project. Oium noted that the state pays for the driving lanes of the resurfacing while the city will pay for the parking lanes. He noted that water drainage problems will be taken care of by the state. Caress mention that there are problems with water on Maple Street. Oium noted that estimate costs at present for the city is about $45,000. He also noted that the state would shortly be doing a walk through on streets to start the planning of the project.
The council approved participating with the state on the project.
The council also approved a resolution to vacate 16 feet on the east Side of Industrial Park Drive to allow Misty Meadows Wood Products room for an addition to their facility. Oium noted to the council that they would have to hold a public hearing on the matter before it could be finalized.
The following were approved for operator’s licenses: McKenzie S. Kuehl, Abby M. Halverson, Matthew L. Leach, Michael J. Reynolds, Dana J. DeSmith, Kevin A. Bonte, Danielle M. Greunke, Edwin P. Dashner Jr., and Daylen C. Pederson.
