Cadott Village Board; Jetter upgrade likely, may hire out work in meantime

By Julia Wolf

After the pump went out on the village’s jetter, the Cadott Village Board heard the options to replace the machine, during a regular meeting Sept. 20.

Rolly Tichy, public works, said he had information on a used jetter back truck, but it sold since.

“There’s nothing available right now,” said Tichy, adding he has a few companies searching for something for the village.

Tichy says, if they don’t find a jetter this year, they can hire the City of Stanley to do the work this fall.

“We do it every spring and every fall,” said Tichy of cleaning out the sewers.

Randy Kuehni, board member, asked if they should jump on hiring Stanley right away. Tichy says Stanley can do it once they finish their stuff.

“Until then, it’s a waiting game,” said Tichy.

Board president Anson Albarado asked what the age of the village’s current jetter is. Tichy says it is a 1993, and preliminary information he got shows a new pump for it runs in the $12,000-$14,000 range. A new jetter truck goes for about $300,000.

Tichy says that is why they are looking for a good used one.

Terry Licht, board member, asked if they could just get a new pump for the village’s jetter. Tichy says they could, but the steel water tank on the vehicle already has a couple leaks.

Tichy will bring more information to the next meeting, if he has any, otherwise Stanley will get the jetting done this fall.

Board members also heard an update at a potential development at the end of Yellow Street.

Len Schreiber, Cedar Corp., showed a map they found since their last discussion, from previous projects.

“There is an existing right-of-way,” said Schreiber.

The right-of-way comes out to Boundary Road/250th Street, before turning north to 80th Avenue.

He says, if they do decide to extend Yellow Street out, there is a lift station near the end of the cul-de-sac, which they would have to do something with, since it is in the way of the road.

Schreiber says they would have to verify the sizes of the two pumps and their models, as well as how many homes are served by the lift station. He says he is going to meet with Tichy to try to take care of that.

He says they should also look at the pump run times and how many times the pump starts throughout the day, to determine what size pump they need to go with and options for sewage with the potential development.

Schreiber says he would like to have the potential developer meet with Cedar Corp. to discuss potential layouts, now that they know there is a right-of-way already established.

He also brought low and high cost estimates for lowering the existing lift station, and making it so it can handle traffic over the top.

“The other thing is your control panel and I don’t know if we’d have to move it, but it’s pretty close to being right on the road,” said Schreiber. “That would also have to be shifted back, so you have some electrical in there.”

Another possible option Schreiber brought up, was connecting into an existing main that goes through the area.

Albarado says they should find out how serious the developer is about building in that area and said they would steer him to contact Cedar Corp. if he reaches out to the village.

Kuehni also reported there was a Planning and Development meeting to try to figure out some land they could look at getting for future industrial growth. He says they prioritized two areas.

“We don’t know if any of them are even for sale,” said Kuehni.

Licht says some people have asked him what the village plans are.

“We are talking about it,” said Licht. “We are thinking about it.”

Albarado says there will likely be more committee meetings on the subject in the future.