NORWAY — Norway City Council on Monday voted to spend the remaining money the city received from a Dickinson County infrastructure grant to repair its argon shaft pumps.

The equipment is used to pump water from the shaft that feeds Strawberry Lake so it does not flood nearby neighborhoods. It runs almost continuously.

Of the two pumps, the smaller one acts as the main pump and the larger runs during heavy rain or snowfall. Recently, the larger pump has been the primary unit while the smaller one was under repair.

Another problem with the pumps is they are not currently on the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, or SCADA, system that monitors the pumps and sends out notifications if a problem develops.

New motors have been ordered for both pumps. The old motors will be rebuilt and kept as backups. The new motor and cost to rebuild the old motor for the smaller pump was $9,500, while the new motor for the larger pump was $10,500; the cost to rebuild that motor will not be known until it is removed. About $7,000 will be needed to install the motors.

The city has $27,384 left from its $100,000 county allocation and has incurred $26,869 in costs so far on the project. Dickinson County Board two years ago provided $100,000 to each of the county’s three cities and seven townships out of a $4.9 million federal American Rescue Plan grant.

The cost for the rebuild of the motor on the larger pump and the cost to be added to the SCADA system will be brought to the council in the future and may be funded through repair, replace and improvement funds set aside as a condition of a bond.

In another pump-related issue, the council approved replacing a variable frequency drive on the main large-volume pump at the well site that has disabled the unit, leaving the water department to rely on two smaller pumps.

Under normal circumstances the pumps can keep up but in the event of a large water main break the pumps may not keep the tank full and the city would have to issue a boil advisory or, worse, the city may run out of water.

The drive from Kleiman Pump and Well Drilling will cost $14,751.78 and require an electrician to reintegrate the pump into the SCADA system. The project is expected to cost between $20,000 and $25,000. RR&I funds may be used for the project or an insurance claim is also a possibility.

In other business, the council:

— Enlisted GEI Consultants for $11,400 to prepare bid package documents and provide support during the bidding process for a guard lock gate replacement at the city’s hydroelectric plant. GEI Consultants was chosen because they designed the gates and the bidding process needs to be done thoroughly because of federal and state requirements.

— Entered Norway into a mutual aid agreement with the Niagara Police Department in Wisconsin. While such an arrangement had already been in place, new Niagara Police Chief Michael Chapman sought to renew and update agreements with Dickinson County law enforcement agencies.