The Broken Bow City Council met in regular session Tuesday evening, February 10 at 6:00 PM. Mayor Rod Sonnichsen called the meeting to order with all council members present. Also present in the audience for the council session were Custer County Supervisors for District 2, Tammy Kleeb and District 3, Clay Govier.
The primary order of business for the evening was the approval of two items related to the completion of water main work along Highway 2. The first measure updated the completion date of the work to February 12, 2026, and applied a savings to the project of $5,005.80.
The second resolution authorized payment of $413,785.17 to Myers Construction, and certifying the Substantial Completion of the project. In all, City Administrator David Schmidt stated the project cost $449,419.40 – almost exactly $100,000 under budget.
Schmidt stated the City was very pleased with the completion of the project, early and under budget. Part of the savings, according to Schmidt, was that the City was able to take on some of the work themselves. Among the benefits of the project, Schmidt noted that the new water mains have been moved out from under the highway, and into the right-of-way along the side of the road. This should limit significant traffic disruption if additional work is needed in the future.
The water main project carried out starting in October is the last in a stretch of work accomplished over three sections and the last 10 years. With the “substantial completion” of the project, only individual hookups remain to be completed, and no major water outages should be experienced.
No other business came before the Council for action, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:10 PM. The next meeting of the Broken Bow City Council will be Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 PM, in the Broken Bow Municipal Building.
