Jamestown City Council Seeks Water Reservoir Loan, Makes Appointments, Approves Opioid Grant

Jamestown City Council moved on March 2 to authorize staff to file a loan application with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to support the 250,000-gallon Water Reservoir Improvement Project in central Jamestown, listed as Project #26-61 on the council agenda. The agenda language says the loan application may be under the Clean Water Act and/or the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The council packet showed several consent-agenda financial items tied to local utilities and planning. An Upgrades Project #24-62 payment for $3,480.50 appeared on the consent list, and Payment No. 12, invoice 08387.12-1, to SRF Consulting Group, Inc. for 2025 Jamestown Planning and Zoning Technical Services was listed at $2,201.50. Item T on the agenda was recorded simply as a “Resolution on the Budget.”

Water department capital and grant actions also featured on the regular agenda. The packet includes a Notice of Intent to file an application with the State Water Commission for a Cost-Share/Web grant related to the Water Treatment Plant Recycle/Reuse Project, Project #25-64, and authorizes the mayor to sign the cover letter for that application.

Council documents further show authorization to purchase a 2026 budgeted pickup truck for the Water Department from RM Stoudt at a quote of $41,604 to replace unit #43, a 2008 Ford F150. The packet specifies funding for the purchase as $28,295 from the Equipment Replacement Fund and $13,309 from the Water Utility Fund.

Land use and construction items on the March 2 agenda included two minor subdivision plats and standard specifications. The Richlyn Addition preliminary/final plat replates Lots 1 through 11, Block 5 and adjoining vacated alley of Atkinson and Pannell’s Addition, located at 301 17th St SW, within the NW ¼ of Section 1, T139N, R64W. The Mary Young Addition plat is listed within the SW ¼ of Section 35, T140N, R64W. The council packet also lists a resolution to adopt the 2026 City of Jamestown Standard Specifications and actions to approve plans, specifications and estimates and advertise for bids for District 26-41 Seal Coat, Patching, Construction & Reconstruction.

Several agenda items in the packet are truncated or show placeholders. The entry for Payment No. 1 to “Crow [...]” is missing vendor and amount, and multiple motions include the placeholder language “Moved by CM ___. Seconded by CM ___.” Roll-call lines in the packet read “Roll Call No. __: __ ayes, __ nays, __ absent,” so the published agenda excerpts do not contain named movers or vote tallies for the listed resolutions.

The March 2 agenda excerpts do not include any resolution text, dollar amount or recorded vote for an opioid-settlement grant to public health, an item referenced in the meeting title. The council’s actions on Project #26-61 and the State Water Commission notice set in motion state-level funding steps for central Jamestown’s water system; the official minutes and staff reports will provide final vote counts and complete resolution language.