Members Present: Mayor Jenae Ulbricht, Romie Gessell, Irene Ehlert, Juli Scherping. Staff Present: Brooke Thieschafer. Quorum was met and Mayor Ulbricht called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM, and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Bollig Engineering: Mayor Ulbricht introduced a representative from Bollig Engineering, Kris. Mayor also wanted to acknowledge Bobby Velkamp Jr for passing out flyers to local residents about the Special Meeting. Kris started off the meeting by explaining who and what Bollig Engineering specialize in. Bollig specializes in working with Cities with 1000 or less population. Projects include the following but not limited to: water, sewers, roads, etc. for smaller cities. The city of Burtrum is looking to bring sewer to the city’s residents.
Kris explained water is not a good option at this time. Kris stated projects could take about 2-5 years to complete. The grant funding available right now has been the best Bollig has seen. One grant that is available to get a sewer could potentially fund up to 80% of the project. There are multiple grant funding options that are available to the city that Bollig will work intensely to help offset the cost of this project. The funding will also include replacing and fixing any streets in poor condition, “like & kind”. MNDOT is scheduled to resurface the roads in 2029. A preliminary report is needed to go into extensive detail to gather all the information about bringing sewer to the city. Bollig is willing to help cover the cost of the preliminary report of $25,000, the cost the city would have to contribute is $5,000. Bollig has never paid to help a city get the preliminary report going. The following questions were asked. If ponds were the route to go, where would they be? Kris explained he does not know anything until a preliminary report is completed. Does the city get to vote on this project? The Mayor has a call out to the League of Mn to help answer that question. No definite answer at this time. The preliminary reports take anywhere from 3-6 months to generate. Report ideally needs to be completed by July 2024. The city council can hold this preliminary report at any time. Further discussion went on about the projects and great questions were asked. Kris explained there is no exact data that can be given out or known for sure until the preliminary report is completed. City Council Member Ehlert made a motion to hire Bollig Engineer to conduct a preliminary report for $5,000. City Council Member Scherping supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Mayor Ulbricht adjourned the meeting at 8:28 PM.
Next regular scheduled City Council meeting is February 6th, 2024 at 7:00 PM at the Burtrum Community Center.
Brooke Thieschafer, City Clerk
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