The City of Stanley is getting a new central water treatment plant, an approved $6.549 million bid award to Market and Johnson made Sept. 15, as recommended by CBS Squared Inc. Motion to approve the bid for the new central water treatment plant was made with motion by Alderperson Mark Fitzsimmons seconded by Laurie Foster, passing with all ayes.

A new water treatment plant isn’t all that’s happening the city of Stanley, however.

Approved as well from Sept. 15, the city is moving forward with wetland delineation on Industrial Park Road, following recommendation from committee of the whole and action by the Stanley City Council.

Reviewed at the Sept. 15 committee of the whole meeting prior to approval in council, a wetland delineation project to cost $5,000 will see Star Environmental Inc. complete an assured wetland delineation with flagging and GPS Survey for a 1.6 mile Industrial Park Road Project right of way with 20 feet on either side, located in sections 35 and 36 of Township 29 North Range 5 west. The wetland delineation also includes participation by Star Environmental Inc. in a field review of the wetland study with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and DNR if necessary, along with complete field transects, establishing sample points, documenting hydric soils and hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology, as well as supplying necessary photos as requested by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The project would result in a certified wetland map and completion of a final wetland delineation report.

Maximum limit of professional liability by Star Environmental will be the firm’s cost of the job proposal, the delineation study not including wetland permitting, government fees, wetland mitigation or restoration planning, land surveying, construction site staking, flood plain study, or expert court testimony.

Motion to approve the wetland delineation study was later made in council by Fitzsimmons, seconded by Alderperson Ben Wald.

Also reviewed in Sept. 15 committee of the whole before later council approval was a geotechnical survey proposal from Professional Service Industries Inc. (PSI Inc.) of Chippewa Falls.

PSI bid $8,500 for the geotechnical survey related to a coming road rebuild in the west industrial park.

The 1.6 mile road project itself will include Janicki Road from West Maple to Urquhart Road, Urquhart Road from Janicki to Industrial Park Road, and Industrial Park Road from Urquhart to South Broadway Street.

Soil borings for the geotechnical proposal by PSI Inc. will include eight borings to approximately 20 feet below the ground surface, with subsurface conditions observed and logged by the crew during field activities. Final depths of the borings for the geotechnical survey may be extended or reduced based on the subsurface materials encountered during field activities. PSI will use Digger’s Hotline and exercise reasonable caution” to avoid damage to underground utilities during the project, the proposal calling for the client to retain a private utility locating contractor for locating private lines prior to borings. Drilling equipment for the geotechnical survey will be truck mounted, with hollow stem augers and borings sampled at 2.5 foot intervals to a depth of 10 feet, with five foot intervals thereafter. Restoration will be limited to backfill of the borings and patching of the surface with asphalt under the proposal. Motion to approve the geotechnical survey proposal was approved in council with motion by Alderperson Laurie Foster, seconded by Alderperson Aaron Dickson.

In other news from Sept. 15, meanwhile, the council moved to approve two pay applications for Haas Sons, one in the amount of $49,054.99 for work on Second Avenue, as recommended by Ayres Associates, and another in the amount of $328,123.82 as recommended by CBS Squared, for work done on Maple Street.

The council approved a bid award of $602,456.49 to Haas Sons Inc. for the 345th Street ARIP project, as well as accounts payable as of Sept. 15. Haas Sons was the sole bidder on the 345th Street project, with motion to approve made by Fitzsimmons and seconded by Foster. The council also went on to approve a change order from CORE LLC for $5,027 related to the Central Water Treatment Plant (CWTP) project, as well as the hiring a campground host for the 2026 season as recommended by committee of the whole.

Last but not least from Sept. 15 were two other items, one a request by Ken Holte to purchase 100 cement blocks at a cost of $1 each and another to approved a hunting permit for Andrew Sorenson on wooded swamp land behind 456 West Maple Street, with hunting to take place from Sept. 13 through Jan. 4.

Both items were approved as requested.