BREITUNG- The Breitung Board called for bids on sewer work throughout Soudan at their June 24 meeting. The project consists of replacement and repair of over 20 manholes and work on larger sections of sewer on South Street and on 4th Street between Jasper and Gordon streets. Residents on these streets will be notified, their sewer lines checked by camera, and will be given the opportunity to replace their own sewer lines while the contractor is available.
JPJ Engineering estimated the project will cost $580,000. The township has received grants from IRRRB for $145,000 with a match requirement and from CDBG for $100,000. The township plans to do some of the simpler work themselves as an in-kind match for the IRRRB funding. Bids will be opened at a special meeting on Tuesday, July 13 at 12:30 p.m.
In other business, the board:
• Voted to discontinue teleconference meetings. All future meetings will be held in-person only.
• Received a thank you from the City of Tower for aiding clean-up of a cement spill on Tower’s Main Street.
• Heard that the Breitung Fire Department responded to just two calls in May for mutual aid in Greenwood.
• Accepted a new Breitung Fire Department member, pending background check and physical.
• Heard that the maintenance department hired six 14-year-olds for summer work.
• Heard that Breitung’s Community Picnic is scheduled for Sunday, July 4 from noon-3 p.m. A lunch including hot dogs, popcorn and root beer floats will be served. There will be toys and a water slide for kids.
• Heard that ten residents will be sent warning letters for failure to comply with the township’s blight ordinance. The board also plans to review and possibly update the blight ordinance at a future board meeting.
• Heard that Clerk Dianna Sunsdahl will serve on a steering committee for the Tower Trails Plan.
• Noted that they owe $6,600 to Mesabi Bituminous for crushing rock. The board is considering contracting with the company for gravel pit work for a ten-year period.
• Approved asking JPJ Engineering for an estimate for work on Stuntz Bay Rd., beginning at Jasper St., including widening the road between Jasper St. and the Soudan Mine to allow safe passage of pedestrians.
The next regular meeting of the Breitung Town Board is Thursday, July 22 at noon.