Cottage Grove agendas: water plant change order, Prairie Dunes plat, affordable housing aid policy
Cottage Grove's City Council was scheduled to take up a $61,464.00 change order on Oct. 7 that would raise the Intermediate Zone Water Treatment Plant contract from $90,507,313.29 to $90,568,777.29 — the largest dollar figure in the meeting records reviewed for this roundup. The same agenda listed four public hearings, a software upgrade, streetlight and sewer contracts, and license fee changes. Minutes from the Oct. 7 meeting have not been published, so the record does not yet show what the council decided on any of these items.
Water plant contract and software
Change Order #4 of $61,464.00 was listed for the Intermediate Zone Water Treatment Plant, which would increase that contract to $90,568,777.29. The agenda also included a VTScada SCADA software upgrade by InControl Inc. for $133,167, with a 2028 support renewal at $13,125.
Streetlights, sewer cleaning and license fees
The consent agenda listed Hadley Ave S streetlight repairs awarded to Kilmer Electric for $158,157.50 (Resolution 2026-143) and the 2026 Sanitary Sewer Televising and Cleaning project awarded to Pipe Services for $119,342.00 (Resolution 2026-146).
On fees, Ordinance 1116 would raise the annual Tobacco License fee from $250.00 to $300.00. Resolution 2026-144 would set Commercial Solid Waste Hauler Licenses at $425.00 and Massage Business Licenses at $125.00.
Four public hearings
The hearings covered assessment rolls for the 2026 Pavement Management Project and for the 80th Street/East Point Douglas Road/TH 61 project, unpaid special charges, and the Prairie Dunes 2nd Addition final plat and development agreement with Pulte Homes of Minnesota LLC and DRP Multistate P, LLC. Assessment rolls set who pays for street work; the plat and development agreement concern how the Prairie Dunes addition would be laid out and built.
Economic Development Authority: housing aid and Tradehome Shoes
The EDA's Oct. 13 agenda listed approval of a Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) policy, Resolution 2026-006 supporting a Tradehome Shoes Job Creation Fund application to DEED, a professional services agreement with DARTS, and a workshop on the economic development chapter of the Imagine 2050 Comprehensive Plan. This was an agenda only; no minutes were available, so no action is confirmed.
Historic Preservation Committee
The Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation met Oct. 13 with action items on the city's historic display case and website, plus a discussion of the kickoff for the 2050 Comprehensive Plan Update. That meeting is also agenda-only in the published record.
Coming up
The City Council meets Oct. 21. Scheduled items include zoning amendments and a site plan for a self-storage facility at 11991 120th Street; an order to raze and remove hazardous buildings at 7258 Laverne Avenue South; a final plat and development agreement for Ravara Trails (165 townhome and 79 single family lots); a quote award of $87,100.00 to JT Services for 80th St Reconstruction Project banner arms; a DNR grant application for up to $10,000 for Wildland Firefighter PPE; and a local affordable housing aid policy.
A note on this roundup: the recent meetings summarized here are drawn from agendas, not approved minutes. Items listed may have been acted on, postponed, or pulled, and this article does not report outcomes that the published record does not establish. The linked official agenda and, once available, the minutes are the authoritative record.