Cottonwood Council moves forward with stormwater drainage upgrade
The Cottonwood City Council voted to go with option #1 for the downtown stormwater drainage at their November meeting Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Option #1 would put a new 4 foot by 8 foot box culvert from Lewiston Street along Front Street and then down Junction Street until it connects back with the current Cottonwood Creek bed. It would also close off the current culvert which goes underneath The Tire Guy and Riener’s Grocery and follows along behind the back of several buildings on the north side of Main Street.
The would have liked to have included the King Street project but including that wouldn’t have scored them well enough in their Base Cost Index score to earn grant money. Any one of the 4 downtown options by themselves would have qualified. Option 1 had the second lowest projected cost but had the advantage of getting rid of the current culverts underneath downtown buildings, an option the council members and mayor all preferred.
This option also includes replacing culvert along King Street up as far as Talkington Street which gets the culvert out from under sidewalks. It was felt they may be able to eventually do the King Street upgrades a piece at a time.
It was voted to approve cancelling the current airport lease for Hanger #8 at the airport. After discussion on approving the new lease for that hangar with Matthew Mosman of C.J. Air it was decided to table the matter until they get some more information.
The Verizon request to extend their lease on the tower was discussed. City Attorney Joe Wright was not in favor of some of the language added by Verizon. He recommended the city accept the offers of extending the lease, the escalating clause and the up front money but otherwise keep the current terms. A decision was tabled for feedback from Verizon on that suggestion.
Bids were opened for a new compressor for the Fire Department so they can fully charge their new air bottles. Bids were submitted by Axman of Missoula, Sea Western and LN Carter with Axman’s bid being nearly $10,000 lower than the next lowest bid at $29,952, which includes delivery and installation.
A motion was made and passed unanimously to accept Axman’s bid pending checking out the bid to make sure it meets all specs.
The city received 2 bids for a dump truck from Woodpecker and from Kenworth Sales. Woodpecker submitted a bid for a 2008 Kenworth for $66,000. Kenworth Sales bid a 2020 Kenworth for substantially more. Woodpecker’s bid appeared to meet the city’s bid specs for a 2008 or newer with under 160,000 miles and their bid was approved subject to review of the bid to make sure it met all specs.
JUB Engineering was approved as Transportation Study Engineer for the West Camas consortium. They City of Cottonwood is part of the West Camas group.
Two catering permits were approved. One was for Wolftrack Brewing for a Pacific Cabinets, Inc. event at the Community Hall on December 7. The other was for Doreen’s for a Cottonwood Summer Fest fundraiser set for January 12, also at the Hall.
A sign management plan was approved by the Council. This is an update of one they’ve had previously. The Council also approved a pavement management plan. This is new to the city and they used another city’s plan as a template.
In the water report they are having issues with the reporting equipment as it had the city selling more than they pumped. Also they have a couple of hydrants with issues but they will be replaced in the School Street work in the Spring.
New sewer commissioner Don Munkers, who was sworn in at the start of the meeting, reported they received a non-compliance notice that appears to be just a paperwork issue. He has studied the system and reported doing a physical plant would be way too expensive and to seek a land application permit. They are also looking at pipe bursting equipment to clean out lines and a new camera that would do a much more thorough job. It was also reported if they find issues with private hook-ups they will have to address those according to the Division of Environmental Quality.
Jack Duman reported they want to fix School Street and some of the connecting streets with Lewiston Street as the next project. They are looking at doing a CRABS BST like what was done with Butler and East Streets. They have a couple of funding sources. One has a $100,000 cap and the other up to $1 million with up to 2 years to get the work done.
He also reported the West Camas group is looking at a chip spreader and he would like to see the City be a part of it. Total cost is $125,000 and the city’s portion would be one-fifth or $25,000. He would like to use his reserves and the chip sealing money in the budget. Since this item wasn’t on the agenda, council approval would either have to wait until the December meeting or a special meeting would need to be called. A chip spreader would give them much more flexibility on when they can chip seal. Ferdinand and Greencreek Highway Districts are also pursuing chip sealing grants.
The city also picked up a used Gator that can be used for snow-plowing as well as for spring and summer work.
There was no report for land and buildings or the airport.
Linda Nida reported the fire department had 3 calls; a vehicle fire near Twin House Rd., a brush fire on the Butte and an extrication on Highway 95.
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. The next regular meeting will be Monday, December 10 at 7 p.m.

Don Munkers gets sworn in as the new Cottonwood City Councilman. He takes the place of Lynn Guyer, who moved to Montana to take advantage of a job offer.

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