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Earlier this year, the city awarded Witmer a roughly $42,000 TIF incentive after it built a 20,000 square foot addition in 2022, allowing the company to add 20 new positions.
Other business
■ ■ The council approved a three-year contract with Cedar Corporation to do mandated environmental monitoring of the city’s landfill. The city will pay a total of $16,000 for the work, including $7,000 for the first year of the contract, which includes writing a fiveyear status report to the DNR, plus $4,500 year for the final two years. MSA submitted a competing proposal that would have cost the city $22,350, or $7,450 per year. Stuttgen noted that Cedar currently monitors the landfill and the city is happy with their work.
■ ■ During the monthly police department update, Ald. Sarah Diedrich said the Colby-Abby Police Commission recently approved a titanium tooth implant for the K-9 Hemi, who broke a tooth while biting on his kennel. The procedure, which is estimated to cost $5,000, is considered necessary, she said. The money will come out of the department’s K-9 fund.
■ ■ Stuttgen asked the council’s opinion on the new rope lights that were strung over Main Street after some of the old strings of lights wore out. Council members said they were generally pleased with the new lights but they asked about different color combinations, so Stuttgen said he would bring back more options for future years.
■ The council voted to add the house at 201 S. Sixth St. to a list of properties to be inspected for health and safety reasons. Soyk said the house has a lot of mold and standing water in the basement, but no one appears to be living there at this time.
■ ■ The council passed a series of motions related to the recently completed construction of wells 28 and 29, including a final pay request of $411,000 from Haas Sons for the work it completed. The council also approved a $6,150 reduction in CTW Corporation’s contract amount for well drilling and a $12,575 contract reduction for Haas Sons. Soyk said the biggest reduction came from not having to bore a 12-inch water main that was originally planned for the project.
Soyk said the city has received test results from the DNR indicating that the water from the two wells meets safe drinking water standards, but the city is having some technical issues in getting the wells online.
■ ■ The council approved a final pay request of $33,374 from Haas Sons for work done on the Third Street project this past year. Stuttgen said the project came in under budget, partly because the city crew was able to do some of the work.
■ ■ The council authorized the closing of city hall at 1 p.m. on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, which is routinely done every year due to lack of activity.
■ ■ The council approved $50 in Abby/ Colby Crossing Chamber of Commerce bucks as Christmas gifts for each of the city’s 15 employees, for a total of $700.
