City agrees to future-proof new waterline

To future-proof utilities at the south end of town, Ryan Kaski visited with the council last week to ask whether the city would be interested in paying the difference between the four-inch water waterline extension necessary for his new subdivision and the eight-inch line that would likely be needed if future development took place in the area.

Based on recommendations from Trihydro for such items as upgraded valves, Kaski explained that the difference would be approximately $8941. The extension would be from the existing eight-inch city line to the edge of the new subdivision.

The idea wou...