(Orleans)– Meeting in special session Monday evening, the Orleans City Council voted unanimously to retain the services of an engineering firm to research options and cost estimates pertaining to the city’s water supply and distribution system. The council voted to enter into the agreement with Bolten and Menk. The firm will also become the city’s engineer as part of the agreement.
When it comes to the water distribution system, Mayor Bill Maas says he’s heard concern about any possibility of the city turning over the system to another entity and what that might mean for the long term…
As we reported previously, Orleans currently gets its water from the city of Spirit Lake. That contract expires at the end of this coming June. That, along with a requirement from the DNR that the city has it’s own water superintendent and does regular testing, is what has Orleans officials looking at possible options for its water system.
