While the bulk of the audience left the Forest Lake City Council chambers May 15 after the council’s decision to approve a new contract with the Forest Lake Police Department, the council continued its meeting and a subsequent work session, covering, among other issues, a couple of long-standing engineering projects.
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The city’s large network of lift stations took one step closer to the beginning of a widespread revitalization, as the council unanimously approved a bid of $3.34 million from Pember Companies for the base bid and three alternates of phase 1 of the Lift Station and Force Main Improvement Project. City Engineer Ryan Goodman was happy to report that the bids were well under the city’s phase 1 budget estimate of slightly more than $4 million. The city is bonding for the project and currently plans to pay back the balance from the wastewater utility fund.
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