Increasing water pressure

The Medical Lake City Council gave its unanimous approval to a last-minute agenda item at the Aug. 20 meeting, approving an $87,584 bid from General Industries Construction Company of Spokane Valley to build a new booster pump station in the city’s water distribution system.

City Administrator Doug Ross apologized to the council for bringing the contract request before them so soon after the project bid, noting that the need for the station was too critical to wait until the council’s next meeting in September. The Medical Lake City Council meets once a month from July – September.

“We don’t w...